dennett@cyclone.kodak.com (Charlie Dennett) (10/11/90)
From: dennett@cyclone.kodak.com (Charlie Dennett) Glad to hear _Memphis Belle_ look like a good movie. Maybe a review of the movie, at least from a sci.military point of view might be in order. What say, Mr. Moderator? [mod.note: Suits me. - Bill ] Actually, mention of the Memphis Belle jogged my memory. I went to the Wings of Eagles Air Show this past summer at the National Warplane Museum in Geneseo NY. (Just outside Rochester.) This was my first trip to any such event. I was impressed. (As was my 8 year old son. Never will forget that smile on his face as stuck his head out of the side bubble of the PBY-6 Catalina.) The museum puts on an air show of old war planes with fly-bys of more modern planes - this year they had a B-52, a couple of F-16's on Saturday. I think an A-10 showed up on Sunday. Unfortunately, all the cargo transports could not be there as they were busy with the Iraq/Kuwait crisis. The museum has its own B-17G, the Fuddy Duddy, named after the original that flew 96 missions without an abort. There was also another B-17 there that I believe was used in the movie. It might even have been the one that played the Belle. Anyway, the event is held the second or third weekend in August. If you're in the area plan on stopping by. We are planning on getting a gang of people and their kids from the neighborhood together for next year. There were over 200 planes there this past year and I'm told it gets bigger every year. It's been going on for 10 years now.
ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) (10/15/90)
From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) *>the Wings of Eagles Air Show this past summer at the National Warplane *>Museum in Geneseo NY. (Just outside Rochester.) This was my first *>trip to any such event. I was impressed. (As was my 8 year old son. -stuff deleted- *>there as they were busy with the Iraq/Kuwait crisis. The museum has *>its own B-17G, the Fuddy Duddy, named after the original that flew *>96 missions without an abort. There was also another B-17 there that I *>believe was used in the movie. It might even have been the one that They reviewed last year's Geneseo air show in Flying Models magazine. Among the airplanes present was an Avro Lancaster that came down from Canada (if I recall correctly). One of the pictures was of the Lancaster and a B-17 flying together. Must have been a sight. I ex- pect the four Merlins on the Lancaster sound very different from the radials on the B-17s. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@AQUA.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS !
rrd@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (Ray Depew) (11/17/90)
From: rrd@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (Ray Depew) The U.S. Forest Service (or somebody) uses 17's for fighting forest fires in California. I don't know if they are refurbished warbirds or later models built with the same airframe. I do know that they used to (1986-ish) circle Santa Rosa once or twice before touching down at Sonoma County Airport. I used to jump in the car with my 4-year-old fighter pilot and race out to the runway to watch these birds touch down. The pilots always grinned and waved back. > the pictures was of the Lancaster and a B-17 > flying together. Must have been a sight. I ex- > pect the four Merlins on the Lancaster sound > very different from the radials on the B-17s. Must have. I've never seen a real Lancaster in the air, but I can't imagine anything that looks more graceful, or sounds better, than a '17 in the air. (Okay, I can imagine one thing: the view and the noise from the bombardier's seat of a '17 in the air.) Regards Ray Depew IC's by Bill and Dave rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com
rbeville%tekig5.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET (Robert E Beville) (11/22/90)
From: Robert E Beville <rbeville%tekig5.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET> The Strategic Air Command Museum at Bellevue, Nebraska has (as of 89) a B-17 with nose art "KING BEE". Also, a B-25 with nose art "DESERT DOOM" While traveling through western Montana(Missoula to Havre on hwy 200, I passed an airfield (on the right if traveling east) with an active fire-fighter district B-17 retard... duster. Of this site, I'm not sure of a B-17, but some planes here are old: at a field Northwest of, & close to Buffalo, Wyoming.... that's -OWARI- from GLOWWORM-7-9-4 best regards, rbeville@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM Bob Beville, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR 97077