i would love to go up in a plane like that..i think i will..it's expensive,
but as one of you guys said the other day..."this is not a DRESS
REHEARSAL"...
My youngest daughter and her husband are Air force Academy grads...when Liz
was in her senior year she flew in an F-16 for 45 minutes....when she
returned, and took off her G-suit...her stomach started 'dancing around'
Racer Bud
----- Original Message -----
From: "WILLIAM TOBIN" <william.tobin3@verizon.net>
To: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>; "Bill Babcock"
<billb@bnj.com>; "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4@cs.com>
Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Hash Brown & Cheese
> Hi, a few years back, a B17 was in Erie for a show. The Nine-o-Nine, I
> think, from the Collins Foundation. Being a history buff, esp. WWII, I
> went
> up in it; $350 for a half hour. Not being an aviation buff, I was a bit
> nervous and turned a bit green.
> They had a B24 there at the same time and a friend and his brother took
> their families up in it. Their dad had been a B24 pilot during the war and
> was shot down in action over Germany. All the crew survived but were
> captured and spent time in a POW camp. The dad died a few years ago.
> The famililies very much enjoyed the ride. Quite an experience.
> Sorry I drifted off message a bit.
> Snow and cold, cold and snow!
> Bill----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
> To: "Bill Babcock" <billb@bnj.com>; "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4@cs.com>
> Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Hash Brown & Cheese
>
>
> > > And where was Joe when I was naming the tour--I called it the All >
> Aluminum
> > tour, but the Aluminum Overcast tour is an infinitely > superior name.
> >
> > Aluminum Overcast is the name of the EAA's B-17, which does leave its
> base in
> > Wisconsin to go on tour.
> >
> > John H.
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