the last air show in fort wayne ind. had a b29 there
and they was working on it
tail pipes needed welded the man sayed vribrating and cracking
and the was they talked it leaked and lost 55 gel of motor oil in the
would trip tx. to ind. and back
i was told if its motors are not driping oil there no oil left in tham
(ware have we heared that befor)
and cold the oil looked and felt like 60-90 w gear lube
and they say its the last flaying b29 in the world i think
At 09:36 PM 7/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>909 comes to Valapraiso Indiana often it was there again last year was there
>to watch it land what a thrill.By the way Bob Collings is originally from
>Valparaiso,Indiana Proves we have more then corn in Indiana
>Carl
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Pike Bishop" <wildbunch1@mindspring.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [MV] B17 Bomber
>
>
> > Wright R-1820's 4ea are always a lovely sound! You oughta hear 'em
>inside,
> > cruisin' at 150kt's at 4000ft! Like Angles singing!
> > The Collings Foundation tours their 17 & 24 all over the country......if
>you
> > have a spare few hundred bucks, I highly recommend taking a flight. Texas
> > Raiders B-17 also gives rides.
> > You will never regret this!!! I've done several flights and it's
>Fabulous!
> > PS Bring video and still cameras
> >
> > Chris Waymire wrote:
> >
> > > It flew right over my house last week. It was headed for the Tualitan
> > > (Portland, OR) air show. It sure made quite a racket, everyone in the
>house
> > > rushed outside to have a look. It was beautiful to see it going in to
>the
> > > sunset.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: RKiser8375@aol.com [mailto:RKiser8375@aol.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 4:56 AM
> > > To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> > > Subject: [MV] B17 Bomber
> > >
> > > Does anyone know who was flying the B17 bomber
> > > over the foothills west of Denver this past weekend?
> > > A friend of mine was hiked up Mount Morrison and
> > > said he was looking down on it when it flew by. I
> > > didn't see it, but I did hear it. Any help is greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > Rob Kiser
> > >
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