Photo Op: B17 Flying Fortress "Liberty Belle" 11/6/2010
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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
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..
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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I wish I could have gone
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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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Seriously! That is awesome... I am definitely jealous... What did it cost you to go for a fly?
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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.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/37180180@N08/5155714061/[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/37180180@N08/5155714061/]
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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.
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.
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