Richard -
Good news! Actually, the motors and nose are off the plane because they
are in the process of restoring the B-17 back to flying condition:
http://www.b17wingsoffreedom.org/
http://www.b17wingsoffreedom.org/about.htm
By the way, if any of you ever want to see the B-17 my dad flew, it is in
McMinnville Oregon sitting under the Spruce Goose. My dad was
the operational commander and flight captain on the very last US
operational mission ever flown in a B-17 (in that very B-17) in 1961. I
used to hitch rides on it when I was a kid in the 1960s, and got to fly in
it (probably for the last time) around 2000.
Cheers,
Alan
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:51 AM, richard mayor <mayorrichard@hotmail.com>wrote:
> I just drove by the Bomber on Friday in Milwaukie,Oregon . The plane is
> still
> there, in the same place .. about 15 feet off the ground. But, it looks
> real
> sad now. It's now just an ugly shell of a plane. I remember when we would
> go
> out of our way just to go to the Bomber for gas. Then it still had its
> engines
> and looked like a great WW II warplane. Now it's just an ugly reminder of
> good times gone bye.
>
>
>
> > From: ahbn6@verizon.net
> > To: ATIGHTPROD@aol.com; healeys@autox.team.net
> > Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:44:53 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Old Gas Stations
> >
> > I remember buying gas at the Bomber station when I lived in a suburb of
> > Portland, OR in the late 60's. Believe it still may be there.
> >
> > John Sims, BN6
> > Aberdeen, NJ
> >
> > www.healey6.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of ATIGHTPROD@aol.com
> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 1:07 PM
> > To: healeys@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Healeys] Old Gas Stations
> >
> > Here's a link to some old gas station photos. Kinda fun to look at and
> > there's even an Austin-Healey in the background of the third photo. And
> > also, it seems they were even adding corn to the fuel in 1933, that I
> did
> > not know. Enjoy.
> >
> > _http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html_
> > (http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html)
> > Steven Kingsbury
> > BN1 #598
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