The Irish Examiner reports: More than 30 different types of aircraft, including military, vintage and large commercial carriers, will fly as low as 1,100 feet for FlightFest on Sunday September 15. Up to a quarter of a million people are expected to line the quays along the River Liffey for the event, which is being organised by the Irish Aviation [...]
sltrib.com reports: As 88-year-old World War II veteran Paul Sersland got off the historic B-17 bomber Monday at the South Valley Regional Airport, he bent over and kissed the ground. This was the first time the Layton resident had actually flown on an airplane since 1954. After surviving 35 missions over Germany as part of a 10-man bombing crew between [...]
SaberCat1 filming in HD the B17 and the B25 WWII Bombers over and around Arizona’s Superstition Mountains and Saguaro Lake. H5 Productions, in conjunction with The Commemorative Air Force filmed these aircraft during the Veterans Day Celebration on Saturday, November 13th, 2010. The B17 Bomber was flown by pilot Russ Gilmore and the B25 Bomber was flown by pilot Spike [...]
The second production B-17F-1 was converted into the first YB-40 Prototype. The development of the Lockheed – Vega built XB-YB-40 ,was the Army Air Forces attempt to bring additional defensive firepower to the bomber formations flying against the German Luftwaffe fighters.The X in XB was used for” EXPERIMENTAL” and the Y in YB signified ” SERVICE TEST “.They were rushed [...]
khq.com reports: The Liberty Foundation’s 2013 Salute to Veterans tour has hit Spokane, and Monday afternoon KHQ’s Reed Schmitt took a test flight on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. The B-17 “Memphis Belle” is one of only thirteen B-17 bombers still flying to today. The particular plane that Reed flew on was built towards the end of the war and [...]
Cleveland.com reports: “There are no ordinary lives,” Ken Burns said of those who served in a global cataclysm so momentous that the filmmaker titled his 2007 documentary simply “The War.” Many who served in so many different ways during World War II are gone now. Some took their stories with them. But not this one. Joseph Dreher probably figured he’d [...]
WVdailypress reports: As the plane climbed skyward, its passengers fell further into history. The Aluminum Overcast is one of a handful of World War II-era B-17 bombers still flying, and this week it lumbered across the skies of San Bernardino County during a California tour. As the bomber’s four engines ignited and rumbled up to speed, younger passengers struggled with [...]
Courtesy of Tom Creekmore - Tom Creekmore, second from the right in the back row, grew up in Arlington and is seen here with the crew of a B-17 in England. He had a near-miss over England during the war that he’s been trying to get to the bottom of. By John Kelly / Washington Post Tom Creekmore thought he’d go to his grave [...]
By: Scott Harrison July 1944: Los Angeles-area fliers and ground crewmen pose with the B-17 Los Angeles City Limits. On fuselage from left: Cpl. Larry Burgoyne of Los Angeles; 2nd Lt. C.W. Reseigh of Long Beach; 2nd Lt. Lester Fine of Long Beach; Sgt. Ralph Price of Bell. On engine cowling from left: Sgt. Harold Connelly of Hollywood; Sgt. Bryon Carter [...]
A famous World War II B-17 bomber arrived today at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. It didn’t fly in, however. Instead, it arrived by the truckload — in seven Matson containers with Honolulu police escort, to be exact. Once at the museum, the history of the “Swamp Ghost” will be retold the way the Flying Fortress was lost in [...]
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