An incredible sight today in Atlanta

[maverick_fp00]

There is a Balloon Festival this weekend in Panama City, Florida and they are giving rides to the public for $150 per ride. Since I work for the media, I get to go for free... I'm looking forward to it.. Anyway, they are going to have a B-17 do a flyover this afternoon and Sunday afternoon at the festival. I'm kinda curious if the wake is going to take down any hot air balloons..

-Nick

 

[Captain Over]

"FiFi, is a B-29, not a B-25. It's the only remaining airworthy B-29."

My bad. I knew it was a B-29, but B-25 is what came outta my head.


Stupid brain, never works.

-Homer Simpson

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Huck makes a good point. These planes were flown by Captains (22 year old lieutenants) at 200 hours. I've gone to my Uncle's bomb group reunion for the last 4 years and it's really something when asking a fella how many hours he had when he moved to a B-24 and he says "oh, I had quite a bit, at least 200 hours".

Very, very impressive. I believe they only used ADF's for navigation as well. Could be wrong, but definitely no Garmins!


Mr. I.

 

[wildbill]

I saw it last night parked in lawrenceville (LZU) when I taxied in. I believe it is some sort of draw for the FAA wings program being held there this weekend. It is amazing to see how far we have come..

 

[JRSLim]

FIFI

I was lucky enough to catch FIFI on final for COS last year. An amazing sight from a distance. The CAF had her and a B-24 out there for a week and for $5 you could go up in the cockpit. Neet stuff.

Shaun

 

[dicepilot]

EAA sponsoring B-17

I beleive that it is the B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" doing a road show for EAA. They were in Birmingham last weekend. We took of behind it and it was a beautiful sight!!

 

[pilotyip]

B-17 rides

The Yankee Air Muesum at YIP operates a B-17G, probably the one in finest mechanical condition. They gives rides for $400 each, it is about a 45 minute tour of the Detroit area. You can call 734-483-4030 to find out about getting a ride.

 

[FL000]

The AJC has some photos of the B-17 flying over Atlanta. They are available here under Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

 

[alvin]

B-17 Sentimetal Journey and the German HE-111 from the CAF just out side of Pheonix (Falcon Field) . They will be on the ground at Greenville Downtown SC (GMU) today thru July 2.

 

[dispatchguy]

When I dispatched at EGF, I shared a crashpad in Arlington with a few of our pilots, when this new pilot moved in.

One night while I was in ground school I was watching something on the History Channel, and he was reading an ops manual.

I looked over and saw the word RESTRICTED, and I thought, what the ???

Turns out he flew for the Confederate Air Force - he digs in his Helmet Bag and throws me a stack of pictures - him as a Flight Engineer on the B29, on the B25, etc.....

He was reading the B29 Ops Manual.

Talk about an oh-so-cool side gig