On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:07:53 -0800, Jim Cathey wrote > Probably the same plane that flew over our house last fall. > Loud, I recall that. And shiny. My 5yo boy recognized it > from a book of military planes that grandpa had given him. > Aren't too many operable B17's left, and I know a guy that > bought a ride in it. (Not that day, however.)
I used to live in Ypsilanti, MI, not far from Willow Run Airport. The Yankee Air Museum was based there, in a WWII-era wooden hanger, until it burned down a few years ago. I used to hear their B17 fly low over my apartment on a fairly regular basis. The sound was unmistakable, to say the least. I believe they were able to push the B17 out of the hangar before the fire got out of control, so it's presumably still flying somewhere.
