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The Commemorative Air Force's B-17G, Sentimental Journey, just flew over the house. At about 1000 feet.
Less than a half mile away, there was an Apache Longbow at almost the same altitude, flying in a different direction. Nice juxtaposition.

Did you take a picture?

I want an F-117 flying alongside a Lancaster. One burns cities, the other strikes with precision.

I like the footage of the KLM Ju52 flying alongside a KLM Boeing 737, the 737 is in a tail down attitude, full flaps and slots, and the Junkers is straining for every fraction of mph it can....

Frank Hipper wrote:The Commemorative Air Force's B-17G, Sentimental Journey, just flew over the house. At about 1000 feet.
Less than a half mile away, there was an Apache Longbow at almost the same altitude, flying in a different direction. Nice juxtaposition.

Speaking of the CAF, I just saw the current projects of the Florida chapter, Valiant Air Command. They just finished an old Wildcat, and are working on an F9F-9 Panther and a Me 209 4-person transport. The only problem with the 209 is it was French-built...all the instructions are in French and the Frogs won't share their diagrams of where instruments go. They took something like 7,000 hours to translate the directions. Also, it was sabotaged in the factory, so every part has to be inspected for damage and repaired or replaced if the Free French got to it. If I can find a scanner, I'll post pics in A&P.

BTW, would've been cooler if it was Fifi . Still darn cool, though.

The Dark wrote:

Frank Hipper wrote:The Commemorative Air Force's B-17G, Sentimental Journey, just flew over the house. At about 1000 feet.
Less than a half mile away, there was an Apache Longbow at almost the same altitude, flying in a different direction. Nice juxtaposition.

Speaking of the CAF, I just saw the current projects of the Florida chapter, Valiant Air Command. They just finished an old Wildcat, and are working on an F9F-9 Panther and a Me 209 4-person transport. The only problem with the 209 is it was French-built...all the instructions are in French and the Frogs won't share their diagrams of where instruments go. They took something like 7,000 hours to translate the directions. Also, it was sabotaged in the factory, so every part has to be inspected for damage and repaired or replaced if the Free French got to it. If I can find a scanner, I'll post pics in A&P.

BTW, would've been cooler if it was Fifi . Still darn cool, though.

Shouldn't that be a ME 108, the 209 was a fighter prototype...

Frank Hipper wrote:

The Dark wrote:

Frank Hipper wrote:The Commemorative Air Force's B-17G, Sentimental Journey, just flew over the house. At about 1000 feet.
Less than a half mile away, there was an Apache Longbow at almost the same altitude, flying in a different direction. Nice juxtaposition.

Speaking of the CAF, I just saw the current projects of the Florida chapter, Valiant Air Command. They just finished an old Wildcat, and are working on an F9F-9 Panther and a Me 209 4-person transport. The only problem with the 209 is it was French-built...all the instructions are in French and the Frogs won't share their diagrams of where instruments go. They took something like 7,000 hours to translate the directions. Also, it was sabotaged in the factory, so every part has to be inspected for damage and repaired or replaced if the Free French got to it. If I can find a scanner, I'll post pics in A&P.

BTW, would've been cooler if it was Fifi . Still darn cool, though.

Shouldn't that be a ME 108, the 209 was a fighter prototype...

D'oh...it's an Me 208. It's not a 108, 108 was a two-seater. I saw the cabin, this definitely holds four. As soon as I read your post, I remembered the 209 was the advanced form of the 109. It's been a long day .

I got to ride on a B-17 two summers ago. Not sure if it was the one you saw. Rides were $350 bucks each. My dad was nice enough to buy me a ride as a present.

I really wanted to ride in the B-24 that was there too, but beggars cant be chosers.

BTW, would've been cooler if it was Fifi . Still darn cool, though.

I've got a sweet pic of Fifi beign escorted in by a an F-15. Gorgeous pic, I always wanted to get it blown up. And the one with the F-15 and the P-51's flying wing is a sweet shot too.

God I love the Air Fair.

Probably the one decked out like 909, that travels with a B-24 that looks like Five Grand (and may be, though I don't think so).

TrailerParkJawa wrote:I got to ride on a B-17 two summers ago. Not sure if it was the one you saw. Rides were $350 bucks each. My dad was nice enough to buy me a ride as a present.

I really wanted to ride in the B-24 that was there too, but beggars cant be chosers.

Lucky you.

TrailerParkJawa wrote:I got to ride on a B-17 two summers ago. Not sure if it was the one you saw. Rides were $350 bucks each. My dad was nice enough to buy me a ride as a present.

I really wanted to ride in the B-24 that was there too, but beggars cant be chosers.

Lucky you.

Stormbringer wrote:And the one with the F-15 and the P-51's flying wing is a sweet shot too.

The F-15 barely keeping over stall speed and the P-51 running flat out, I take it?

Enlightenment wrote:

Stormbringer wrote:And the one with the F-15 and the P-51's flying wing is a sweet shot too.

The F-15 barely keeping over stall speed and the P-51 running flat out, I take it?

I bet an F-15's cruising speed is pretty close to a P-51's top speed, I'm sure it would have to slow down somewhat, but they're in the same neighborhood. To lazy to look it up....

Enlightenment wrote:

Stormbringer wrote:And the one with the F-15 and the P-51's flying wing is a sweet shot too.

The F-15 barely keeping over stall speed and the P-51 running flat out, I take it?

Pretty damn close to it. The Eagle was moving pretty slow and the P-51's sprinting to keep up.

Sea Skimmer wrote:I want an F-117 flying alongside a Lancaster. One burns cities, the other strikes with precision.

That would be nice. You could use the F-117 Nighthawk to take out SAMs and any other AAA sites and then let the Lancaster level the general area.



But I wish I could ride in the last Lancaster, a B-17, a B-52 and the TSR.2 at RAF Cosford.

If I could fly in a BAC Lightning though, I would be really quite happy.

Admiral Valdemar wrote:

Sea Skimmer wrote:I want an F-117 flying alongside a Lancaster. One burns cities, the other strikes with precision.

That would be nice. You could use the F-117 Nighthawk to take out SAMs and any other AAA sites and then let the Lancaster level the general area.



But I wish I could ride in the last Lancaster, a B-17, a B-52 and the TSR.2 at RAF Cosford.

If I could fly in a BAC Lightning though, I would be really quite happy.

I can truthfully say I have helped to restore one of the only ?2? flying Lancasters remaining. All right so I was 10 and my 'help' consisted of riding in the truck that deliverd the props and watching them mount them and picking up loose ballbearings but I was still there.

I'm actually kinda surprised with as close to Brag I am we haven't had more flyovers. That'll probably change soon enough. Although, something like 80% of the soldiers stationed at Brag are already gone.

Luke Starkiller wrote:

Admiral Valdemar wrote:

Sea Skimmer wrote:I want an F-117 flying alongside a Lancaster. One burns cities, the other strikes with precision.

That would be nice. You could use the F-117 Nighthawk to take out SAMs and any other AAA sites and then let the Lancaster level the general area.



But I wish I could ride in the last Lancaster, a B-17, a B-52 and the TSR.2 at RAF Cosford.

If I could fly in a BAC Lightning though, I would be really quite happy.

I can truthfully say I have helped to restore one of the only ?2? flying Lancasters remaining. All right so I was 10 and my 'help' consisted of riding in the truck that deliverd the props and watching them mount them and picking up loose ballbearings but I was still there.

Cool, a mate I know has an older brother who worked on the only flying Lancaster left, I hear the other one is in Canada.

Admiral Valdemar wrote:

Luke Starkiller wrote:

Admiral Valdemar wrote: That would be nice. You could use the F-117 Nighthawk to take out SAMs and any other AAA sites and then let the Lancaster level the general area.



But I wish I could ride in the last Lancaster, a B-17, a B-52 and the TSR.2 at RAF Cosford.

If I could fly in a BAC Lightning though, I would be really quite happy.

I can truthfully say I have helped to restore one of the only ?2? flying Lancasters remaining. All right so I was 10 and my 'help' consisted of riding in the truck that deliverd the props and watching them mount them and picking up loose ballbearings but I was still there.

Cool, a mate I know has an older brother who worked on the only flying Lancaster left, I hear the other one is in Canada.

The one in Canada flies, it is at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario; it is actually being used right now in the filming of a war movie. They wrecked the 1 and 2 props this summer by running it into a DC-3 (I think) taxiing and I almost ended up delivering one of the repaired props.