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Old 04-23-2018, 07:52 PM   #1
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saw a B-17 fly out salt lake airport to day had never seen one fly
before had a yellow strip on the tail headed south about 12.30
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saw a B-17 fly out salt lake airport to day had never seen one fly
before had a yellow strip on the tail headed south about 12.30
Was it the Memphis Belle by chance belt-fed? Now the actual Belle I do not think they take up? But another B-17 they used in the movie of the Belle does fly and do tours so that might have been her?
Their are a few B-17s up and running but I think FiFi the B-29 and maybe one or two others are the only ones of their ships still touring?


Memphis Belle to go on display at Air Force Museum in 2018

The Memphis Belle, a B17F Flying Fortress, is undergoing restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Memphis Belle is one of the most famous aircraft in history and has become a timeless symbol of all the heroic U.S. Army Air Forces’ bomber crews who flew against Nazi Germany in World War II. FILE PHOTO Photo: Staff Writer

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Old 04-24-2018, 02:07 AM   #3
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Damn Beautiful planes...

Sadly there are to few of them left...
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Old 04-24-2018, 07:13 PM   #4
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I think the B-17 just made a pit stop did'nt see any thing on the news aout it
FiFi was here a few years ago rides were 1200 too sit in the cockpit 700 for seats
in the middle
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I got inside one briefly at an air show about 15 years ago . pretty cool .



I'd pay $1200 to fly in one, providing I had a parachute on .
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Maintenance on the 17 is a lot less than on the 29.
I couldn't afford either one, even to just sit outside and admire.
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I truly appreciate and admire the old warbirds. And the men who flew them.
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