frank theriault wrote: > On 10/24/07, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>They have the throttles pretty much wide open during take-off, so all >>you need to do is get to one of the airshows where a B-17 will be flying. > > > I guess my point was that with so few of them flying, it might be > difficult to get to one of their airshows. As Adam mentioned earlier, > we in Toronto are lucky, because one of only (I think) two flying > Lancs operates out of Hamilton, about 30 miles from Toronto. It's > seen flying over our city several times a year. > > It's so distinctive sounding, one can identify it by ear, without > actually seeing it...
I live on the flight path of the RAF memorial flight in its travels up and down the coutry to airshows. A couple of times every summer I drop whatever it is I am doing and rush outside to watch the Lancaster, a Spitfire and a Hurricane making their way up or down the country. Once, at work, I went outside so quickly that two colleagues followed me thinking that there was a fire...... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
