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11-05-2010 12:49 PM #1TR STAFF
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Photo Op: B17 Flying Fortress "Liberty Belle" 11/6/2010
Tomorrow a B17 will fly in for everyone to come and see it...
From the TBT
It will be at:
Tampa Executive Airport (aka Vandenburg)
6582 Eureka Springs RD
Tampa
Contact them at: 918-340-0243 For questions
You can even go for a ride on it!!! $395-$430
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I would love to go take some pics, but have a wedding to be at...
Somebody has to go get some good pics!!!
I know there is some fans of old flying things on here..
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11-05-2010 04:05 PM #2Official Photo Ninja
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If i wasnt so damn sick i would.
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11-06-2010 03:46 PM #3Why So Serious?
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seen it fly over today when i was going down broadway
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11-07-2010 02:26 PM #4TR STAFF
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I wish I could have gone
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11-07-2010 04:16 PM #5Resident Asshole
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ill post up pics shortly. I actually went for a ride in it this morning around noon. It was amazing!
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11-08-2010 09:21 AM #6TR STAFF
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Seriously! That is awesome... I am definitely jealous... What did it cost you to go for a fly?
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11-08-2010 08:00 PM #7Resident Asshole
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It was $430. Someone else actually paid for me to go though so I couldn't pass it up. We flew over towards orlando, buzzed the fantasy of flight runway and came back. I took a bunch of short videos during the flight ill post if youd like to see them. Originally Posted by DRMORTY
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11-08-2010 08:21 PM #8Living in Black & White..
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you sir ^ are awesome!
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11-08-2010 08:58 PM #9Resident Asshole
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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/37180180@N08/5155714061/]Last edited by Boostin97SE-R; 11-08-2010 at 09:02 PM.
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11-08-2010 09:01 PM #10Resident Asshole
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Cold engine start up:
YouTube - cold engine start
Take off:
YouTube - Takeoff
View from the escape hatch on top:
YouTube - escape hatch on top
Bomb bay:
YouTube - Bomb bay
Top Gunner position:
YouTube - Top gun position
Pilots:
YouTube - Pilots
View from the bomb sight/front gun position (I tried to show inside the bomb sight but the camera wouldn't focus.)
YouTube - Bomb sight
Landing:
YouTube - Landing
Engine shut down:
YouTube - Engine shut down
If you ever get the chance to go for a ride in one do it! It is an unbelievable feeling.R.I.P Dad.
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11-09-2010 10:33 AM #11TR STAFF
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That is SOOOO Sweet!
I am so jealous! I have always wanted to do that..
I would have gone, if I didn't have to be at a wedding...
How many people were in there with you when during your flight?
I just got a new background on my work computer... ( Nice Pic! & Good Videos )
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11-09-2010 12:00 PM #12Resident Asshole
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10 people not including the 2 pilots.
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11-14-2010 07:43 AM #13whoopsy
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in the top gun video about 11 sec in... it looks like the bolts under the gun fly up like there loose ?
thanks for sharing
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11-24-2010 04:09 PM #14drives euro trash
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Looks like an amazing experience. Thanks for sharing.
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11-30-2010 10:53 PM #15Registered User
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This B-17 was restored by Tom Reilly and crew at his restoration shop and museum in Kissimmee. The museum was destroyed by a tornado during hurricane Charley in 2004. I stopped by several times a year and watched the restoration progress from a pile of bent and broken parts to what we see flying now.
There are several of them flying and offering rides, the prices are about the same between all of them. If you get a chance to go it is expensive, but worth it.
great pic and vids, thanks for sharing!
Tim
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