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| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 32308 | 18 Jul 23 08:43 |
| Very nice don! |
| Don C, Comment for image # 32308 | 17 Jul 23 21:21 |
| 6 1/2 foot wingspan |
| bobgood, Comment for image # 32308 | 15 Jul 23 11:35 |
| Love this shot..... |
| bobgood, Comment for image # 39901 | 24 Nov 21 17:14 |
| I second that to all as well...... Love this pic! |
| Don C, Comment for image # 39901 | 24 Nov 21 14:24 |
| Happy Thanksgiving to all. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 40524 | 28 Aug 18 09:41 |
| coming in for a bombing run! with the gear down of course. lol. nice indeed! |
| Don C, Image # 40524 | 27 Aug 18 12:36 |
R. Good. Yup, still airborne upstairs. |
| rgood, Comment for image # 32271 | 27 Aug 18 11:09 |
| Do you still have that 6'5" span B17 model Don? |
| Don C, Comment for image # 32271 | 27 Aug 18 10:46 |
| Thanks. This one got me back into building after 50 some years. Small airport in International Falls, MN that let me out on the private area. Took a lot of pictures to get this one. |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 32271 | 26 Aug 18 11:06 |
| I see what you mean,Don - these backdrops are appropriate but this big Fortress is most inspiring regardless! "Our target for today...Wilhelmshaven!" |
| Huey V77, Comment for image # 39901 | 13 Feb 18 12:44 |
| We ran across Aluminum once and a while. Mostly 909. The Belle is one of the only B17's that saw service during WWII. Because of the Belle, Bob Morgan became a Good friend. |
| Don C, Image # 39901 | 13 Feb 18 10:47 |
Huey, in "07 I had a ride in EAA's Aluminum Overcast. Sitting here was one of the best moment I have had. However, after reading your comment I just sat and puoted for a while. What an experience! |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 32308 | 17 Oct 17 20:29 |
| Huey v77. I am envious. Bravo! |
| Huey V77, Comment for image # 32308 | 17 Oct 17 19:10 |
| I have to chime in. I spent 4 months on the road, back in "91" and "92", with "Memphis Belle". Worked for David Tallichet, touring the east. The movie "Memphis Belle" was on HBO, great advertising for us. Even got an hour in the left seat, from Atlanta to Birmingham. I should have written a book about it. Drank lots oh beer with many of WWII vets. Have hundreds of true story's told to me. Was an awesome time in my life. |
| hjlittman, Comment for image # 32308 | 17 Oct 17 18:37 |
| Superb model! Had a ride in one when I was a kid and my father worked at Wright Field. It was wonderfully huge and noisy. A few years ago Aluminum Overcast was at Van Nuys. I climbed aboard and was immediately impressed by how claustrophobic it was. It's amazing that all those young airmen took on long, cold, cramped missions in these things and kept on doing it! The president of one of the model clubs I belong to piloted 22 missions over Germany in one. Now in his 90s, I'm sure he has shrunk a bit but I can see that he was nowhere as large as I am even when he was a 20 year old lieutenant. I have met men who were over six feet tall in their youth who flew in B-17s. Amazing! |
| Don C, Comment for image # 32308 | 17 Oct 17 13:20 |
| I had a ride in the Aluminum Overcast of the EAA. I can't explain how much respect I have for the guys who took these into combat. Amazing! |
| Don C, Comment for image # 32308 | 17 Oct 17 13:18 |
| Thanks guys. This was my first attempt after 45 years. Probably my favorite. It was with the 63rd Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group in Port Moresby, New Guinea in 1943. |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 32308 | 17 Oct 17 07:38 |
| superb detailing don! |
| Don C, Comment for image # 32307 | 16 Oct 17 14:27 |
| Thanks Heywooood. First build in about 45 years and if not my favorite, it's # 2. The original flew out of Port Moresby, New Guinea in 1943, 43rd Bomb Group, 63rd Squadron. I got to fly in the EAA's Aluminum Overcast. Can't tell you how much I admire the guys who flew these. |
| heywooood, Comment for image # 32307 | 16 Oct 17 11:16 |
| Tremendous early Fortress! just beautiful Don!
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