There was a B17 WWII bomber at the Jamestown airport today taking people for rides over Chautauqua Lake. Over the course of several hours while I was fishing, we saw it flying at low levels over the lake many times. What a fantastic sight. For the first time in weeks, we had clear blue skies too. We were very lucky to see such a historic plane. If you ever get a chance to see a B17 plane flying, don't pass up the opportunity.
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They give rides out of a nearby airport every year. You can feel the big radials before you hear them, and then there is no other sound like it. Flew directly over the house several times. Got some excellent pictures but I’ll be damned if I can figure out how to load them off this ‘smart’ phone.
love those old birds
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No mistake in the engine sound of those old planes.
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would love to ride in one
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Here's my grandson in the nose of a B17 we flew in this Feb
A view out of the top meeting fun turret
You can! This is the one we flew. They travel around the country. I think there are 1 or 2 others selling rides as wellOriginally Posted by yanknbass
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Wasn’t the B17 bomber in the old tv show 12 o clock high? Showing my age a little
Can you imagine what a squadron would sound like flying over?
Yes...showing my age as well
Toured the b24 today mentioned in the link- was like 450 bucks per ride, big weather delay here today so after tour we left- those ww2 airmen had some brass balls no doubt
my gandfather flew on a B17 Bomber (Gremlins Hideout). He was the radio man. The stories he would tell about the plane were pretty cool to a young boy. Love Ya Grandpa!
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Cool story about the B 24. Three years ago we were at the airport when the planes were there (they come to Venice every year) The B24 had just landed from taking people for rides. Anyway, there was a very nicely dressed older guy with a walker there with his grandson. I overheard someone say that man was a navigator on a B24 and flew 25 missions. I couldn't pass up a chance to shake his hand and thank him for his service. I asked him if he had just taken a ride in the B24. I'll NEVER forget the look on his face and his answer. He just kind of had a proud smile and a reminiscing look and said quietly "No, I flew on them enough" . Still sends a chill when I think about that encounter.
That explains why I kept seeing the B24 on approach to LEX. Live 6mi from runway on approach path. See some cool stuff sometimes.
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Jamestown airport to host National Warplane Museum visit this weekend - June 22, 23.
https://www.observertoday.com/news/l...-this-weekend/
No one can be wrong that often so it has to be deliberate.
Watch a Movie/Documentary on Amazon Prime, HBO too I think, called Cold Blue. Best I've ever seen for describing what it was like to fly in B-17's back in WW2. Very brave men. (All of them were regardless of theater or duty)
No one can be wrong that often so it has to be deliberate.
And... Info on the Jamestown B-17 (Because I'm a Warbird Geek)
B-17G “The Movie” Memphis Belle Flying High, Again
http://warbirdsnews.com/airshow-news...ying-high.html
No one can be wrong that often so it has to be deliberate.
Real men manned those birds. WE ALL owe a great debt to those men, may we never forget what they have done for our country and world freedom.
Next door to my Dads furniture store growing up was an accountant. He had all kinds of military stuff in his office. Come to find out he was the navigator in the lead plane on several bombing runs in WW2. I enjoyed listening to his stories as a young boy.
In WWII we sent as many as 1000 B-17s on a single raid.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/th...ers-sent-20475
another interesting fact, the 8th Air Force (bomber command in Europe) lost more men KIA and MIA in WWII than the entire Marine Corps.
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