War Bird

Well, that’s where I spent the better part of late Sunday morning and early Sunday afternoobn. I mean, well, flying the B17, but watching him shoot landings and taking a gajillion pictures. Lot. Of. Fun.

It’s a difficult to realize that men actually went to war in these birds. Most of the bombing runs in Europe were made at 20-30 thousand feet. For what it’s worth, the cabin was neither pressurized nor heated. Temperatures often dropped to 20-30 degrees below zero in the cabin. To clamber aboard and look around gives ya a whole new appreciation for what the “finest generation” endured to protect our liberty. If you see a WWII vet, offer him your thanks for what he did.