B-17 Fly Over

[@55Tbirdzoomie]

My Dad was a bombardier on B-17s with the 15th AAF during WWII. I ❤the Forts. They brought him home and they keep his grit and love alive for me every time I see one.

[@kolsen6330]

My mother was a WASP ferry pilot. She loved the fighters and hated the larger aircraft. She told the aircrew of a B17 at the McChord air show that "flying a B17 was like driving a bus". She flew every aircraft the AAC had during WW2 except for the P-61 and the B29. She even had a couple of Navy dive and torpedo bombers in her log books.

[@frankpepper4797]

But was she a bus driver? Can I say my peterbuilt drives like a p51? Good for granny no disrespect but if she never drove a bus then how can she honestly say that.

[@kolsen6330]

@@frankpepper4797 She grew up on a farm in Oregon. At 12 she and her 13 yr old sister were driving the family's 1 and a half ton Ford flatbed to the coop with the hop harvest. Things were a little different in the 30s.

[@waynebenedict5785]

Glad there are some of these fantastic machine still flying!

[@travelinben1966]

Thanks for posting.I would have never known what those planes sounded like.Unreal that such young men learned to fly them quickly.Rest their souls.🙏

[@keith7046]

What a beautiful sound.

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

*"Aluminum Overcast" at .... **1:25*

[@davidcallander-t4d]

I flew on the 909 5 years before it crashed, best flight of my life

[@stringalongmike1953]

I flew on her about 30 years ago. It was great. Everyone exited the plane smiling.

[@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND]

Pretty sure that's Yankee Lady. If so, I've flown aboard this plane. A pretty incredible experience. (Nope, it's Sentimental Journey.)

[@ericvonp]

Pay up you can fly in one of these. I flew in a concord , don’t regret it at Mach 2

[@flyingfortressrc1794]

It's Sentimental Journey. Yankee Lady has red wing tips and horizontal stabilizers. Unfortunately the idiots at Yankee have decided to sell her. Who bought her seems to be a big secret.

[@Peace2U-ec6es]

Yankee Lady flew over my house last summer and I was lucky to capture a video. Rumor is the buyer is a private collector who lives in California.

[@PlaidRicky1611]

Very cool, except for the no blur props of coarse.

[@walterbriggs272]

Imagine if you are driving a 1932 auto, on us hwy 80 and this comes barreling out of a confederate airfield at you! Kinda wake you up, eh?