I was privileged to help with the EAA B17 tour at Springfield, IL last weekend. Aluminum Overcast is one of about a dozen remaining B17s still flying. I love this picture of two WWII veterans at "parade rest" during the pre-flight briefing. These two men, almost 90 years old, waited patiently on the hot tarmac in 90 degree weather to take a ride in the B17 - the same plane on which they had served during the war over 50 years ago. As befitting their generation, they waited quietly and proudly.
my grandfather got to fly in two of these the past few yrs. His brother flew B-17's in WWII.
ReplyDeletevery cool