Thanks
Good to know the plane looks so sad in it's current state. I drive by it
regularly. I'll need to stop by the museum.
Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
On Jan 20, 2013 11:42 PM, "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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