From: grntrks@juno.com
Date: Thu Jan 20 2005 - 06:23:45 PST
Dan,
It is my understanding that passengers are no longer allowed by FAA regs.
You must be a crew member. Perhaps this is a requirement of the insurance
carriers? Not sure.
The B 17 G, " Chucky " may be back in the air within the next couple
weeks. We can hope!
Frank Cox ' Nam 1966
MVPA 14530
'66 M35A2
'45 GMC 353 DUKW
"On-A-Mission" hot shot trucking
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:15:23 -0700 "Dan" <danjan@uniserve.com> writes:
> Hi fellow listers
>
> Years ago I went for a flight in the B-17 that Mark is refering
> to
> allthough I don't know if they still do this.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of mark witham
> Sent: January 19, 2005 7:19 AM
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> Subject: Re: [MV] Any MV stuff in Ft. Worth Area? (repost)
>
>
> Hi Guys.
>
> If you have the time and a car there is quite a bit
> within travel distance of Fort Worth, There is a B17
> hangered at a small museum at Meechem field open to
> the public.There is a fantastic aviation museum at
> Addison field. Lancaster airport has a flight of the
> Confederate (Sorry, Consolidated) Air Force.
> South of Fort Worth is the Pate museum, but the
> outside collection of MVs and Military aircraft last
> time I was there was in real poor shape !
>
> Dealer wise, you have Mark Dodd at Rapco about an hour
> away, Leo Porter in Irving and Bob Bryan at 820 jeep.
>
> Surplus stores, downtown Fort Worth has a store called
> Omaha that is not bad, there is a larger old fashioned
> type store in Grand Prairie that is reasonable (good
> for manuals) and a number of smaller more specialized
> stores, Cheaper than Dirt can be worth a visit too.
>
> If you are here over the weekend, go to Fort Hood on
> Saturday (number of superb museums) and Fort Sill in
> Oklahoma on Sunday (really nice collection and if you
> time it right you may get to see the Horse artillery
> and cavalry guys in period uniforms practicing).
>
> Like all things in Texas, everything is a long way
> apart but its pretty easy to get around.
>
> All the best
>
> Mark Witham
>
>
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Frank Cox ' Nam 1966
MVPA 14530
'66 M35A2
'45 GMC 353 DUKW
"On-A-Mission" hot shot trucking
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