Pretty excited!...

[Midnight Special]

...Just received an invite to fly aboard this B-17, "Memphis Belle" (from the movie) as sort of a return favor for arranging media flights for air shows in the past. We're also working hot & heavy on our Nevada County AirFest which thus far confirms six P-51 Mustangs to join 20+ other WWII Warbirds
Mark your calendars for July 12-13 if you're in NorCal and maybe want to display your GT/CS with some other historic iron!

www.ncairfest.com

 

[franklinair]

ALLRIGHT!! I had that aircraft here (1A5) several years ago for display. I think its since been restored. Enjoy.

Neil

 

[sam]

Excellent and lucky you! Riding in a B17 or P51 Mustang is on my bucket list to do this year! Hope to be able to arrange for this in my state of New Hampshire.
Sam

 

[Edward Bodoh]

Where in norcal exactly?

Never mind just seen the link....cool.

 

[rvrtrash]

Cool Tim! We expect to see pics of you as a waist gunner.

Steve

 

[Midnight Special]

...Wearing my "Franklin Aviation" hat from Neil, no less...>

 

[PonyGal]

Wow Tim...Those are GREAT shots!! I am so happy for you that you got the opportunity to do this!

It was really exciting for me too since I work just a mile or so from the airbase where you took off. I saw the plane come up over the trees and as soon as it made that first turn to the right and went over the freeway, my office is right there. I was out in the back parking lot waiting for you, and that plane was so close I could see every detail. Just pissed me off that as soon as it got really close so I could take a great picture, my darn camera chip was full and it would not let me get a single shot! But at least I got to see the plane fly over and I knew that you were in it!!

Thanks for keeping in phone contact with me so I could "participate". :wink:

 

[somethingspecial]

Wow Tim, That is sooooooooo cool. Congrats.

 

[Midnight Special]

Wow Tim...Those are GREAT shots!! I am so happy for you that you got the opportunity to do this!

It was really exciting for me too since I work just a mile or so from the airbase where you took off. I saw the plane come up over the trees and as soon as it made that first turn to the right and went over the freeway, my office is right there. I was out in the back parking lot waiting for you, and that plane was so close I could see every detail. But at least I got to see the plane fly over and I knew that you were in it!!

Thanks for keeping in phone contact with me so I could "participate". :wink:

...Well Renee, I was too tall to fit into the ball turret, so with the radio room hatch removed, I was able to get you from the top of the plane (in a 140 MPH slip stream).

 

[PonyGal]

Oh my God Tim!!! That is my building and I was right there behind those two movie screens watching for you! I felt the ground shaking when the plane went over it was that close to me!!

 

[Midnight Special]

Oh my God Tim!!! That is my building and I was right there behind those two movie screens watching for you! I felt the ground shaking when the plane went over it was that close to me!!

...Okay, now I really got you. You're the little "dot" at the tip of the arrow, right?

 

[PonyGal]

YES...YES...YES!!! That's me!!! At that point I had realized that my camera was completely useless, so I started jumping up and down like a crazy person because I was so excited for you!! A couple of my co-workers, who happen to be walking by at that time, thought I had lost my marbles until I told them what was going on and what was up in the air.

 

[Midnight Special]

...Well, here's another pic from a distance

Also a picture from friend, Mark Loper as we passed across the tower and another from inside the plane. No such thing as a good hair day aboard a '17 ;-)

 

[robert campbell]

that pic of you hanging out the side..... Christopher Lloyd came to mind.... Emmett "Doc" Brown of Back to the Future!!!

 

[somethingspecial]

This Guy?

 

[Midnight Special]

This Guy?

...Exactly Mike!, but I lost my damn reading glasses (and Neil's hat) during take-off and set the time machine to 1945 instead of '85! I'm at some airfield in England now... waiting for a bolt of lightning!!!

 

[somethingspecial]

...Exactly Mike!, but I lost my damn reading glasses (and Neil's hat) during take-off and set the time machine to 1945 instead of '85! I'm at some airfield in England now... waiting for a bolt of lightning!!!

Wow Tim, Since you are in England in 1945, finding bolts for a Lightning should not be to hard, just check in at the repair hanger. Do me a favor, pick up a couple of cases of Thompson SMGs while your there, they were part of Lend/Lease.

 

[Midnight Special]

Wow Tim, Since you are in England in 1945, finding bolts for a Lightning should not be to hard, just check in at the repair hanger. Do me a favor, pick up a couple of cases of Thompson SMGs while your there, they were part of Lend/Lease.

...Too late for that, Mike. I'm back, but......Somethin' aint right....>

 

[PonyGal]

Hey Tim, or should I call you "Doc"???

I was checking my camera and I did manage to get one solitary shot of the B-17 as you were taking off...

 

[Midnight Special]

Hey Tim, or should I call you "Doc"???

I was checking my camera and I did manage to get one solitary shot of the B-17 as you were taking off...

Fabulous, Renee! At that moment I was shooting the airport from the radio compartment. Soon after that, you were under our right wing