Posted by donjr on December 01, 2011 at 17:53:50 from (72.85.45.10):
In Reply to: Speaking of B-17's posted by aaron ford on December 01, 2011 at 12:23:47:
Gotta chime in here. Back about 20 years ago, when I was a splicer for the phone company, just after Memorial day, I got a chance of a lifetime to see a B-17 in flight. I was on a pole, about 15 miles or so from Martin State Airport, which is located on the east side of Baltimore. The Confederate Air Force had a gathering of old war birds there over the Memorial day weekend, and a Flying Fort took off from there that morning. The thing that made it so special was the pole I was on was across the road from a place called "Model Farm", owned at the time by an old friend, and is still one of the most scenic farms in the area. I heard the humm of it's engines long before I could see the plane, and knew the sound of those big P&W radials from the service, even though I was a submariner. After a minute of hearing the first noise, she lumbered into sight over Ben's pasture and bean field, at about 1000' and maybe 150 mph, slowly clawing for altitude, and passed by me no more than about 500' from where I was. Looked a lot like the one in the picture, guns bristling, and olive drab paint. It was almost like my personal parade by the machine- absolutely beautiful weather, blue sky, and phenominal landscape- and the tired old girl making one of her last runs as one of a dying breed. My biggest regret that day was not having enough time to get down to the truck compartment where there were some cameras, for it was surely an award winning picture she'd have made. But the picture she made in my mind will never dim until I do.
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