82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps
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When I See This scene, I always think of the movie A Bridge Too Far. It's great to know that there are 11 c-47s available for this reenactment. Too bad we don't have 11 B-17 bombers like we used to during the making of the movie Memphis Belle back in the late 80s.
D-Day Squadron Fleet Soaring Into AirVenture
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LTC (Join to see) I say again Stephen, you should see the Lancaster Bomber in Nanton, Alberta. Just south of Calgary, the Lancaster represents a joint community effort for the small museum. A jillion high school students have served as tour guides for the aircraft and learned to present themselves to the public.
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I have driven by it but we were rushing up or back from California. We are all flying down to John Wayne airport in September.
Bomber Command Museum of Canada
1659 - 21st Ave, AB Hwy 2 South, Nanton, AB T0L 1R0 [login to see]
https://g.co/kgs/ZU712U
Bomber Command Museum of Canada
1659 - 21st Ave, AB Hwy 2 South, Nanton, AB T0L 1R0 [login to see]
https://g.co/kgs/ZU712U
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There appear to be at least eleven airworthy B-17s, with more in restoration
"Someone once said that a B-17 operates on gas, oil, and money. Especially money. A B-17 will easily burn 200 gallons of fuel per hour, plus about 10 gallons of oil per hour. Consumables and wear items cost an estimated $3,000 per flight hour. For each hour a Flying Fortress spends in the air, ten are spent on the ground in maintenance. An engine overhaul can cost $40,000, and FAA required wing-spar inspections and repairs will cost each Flying Fortress in excess of $100,000." http://www.johnweeks.com/b17active/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortresses
"Someone once said that a B-17 operates on gas, oil, and money. Especially money. A B-17 will easily burn 200 gallons of fuel per hour, plus about 10 gallons of oil per hour. Consumables and wear items cost an estimated $3,000 per flight hour. For each hour a Flying Fortress spends in the air, ten are spent on the ground in maintenance. An engine overhaul can cost $40,000, and FAA required wing-spar inspections and repairs will cost each Flying Fortress in excess of $100,000." http://www.johnweeks.com/b17active/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortresses
B-17 — The Flying Fortress Survivors
There are few creations of technology as majestic as a 4-engineheavy bomber in flight. They are little more than bits of aluminum,fabric, 72 pistons, and a dozen propeller blades all moving through thesky in loose formation. The only thing that comes close is a steamlocomotive with all of its moving parts on the outside of themachine. But a locomotive will never fly, and can never sparkone's imagination to shoot for the stars like a B-17...
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LTC (Join to see)
Thank you! I sent this to my friends and I emailed to myself. What a detailed article and Link!
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