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Postby hhomebrewer » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:13 am

I was driving south on US 101 out of Oxnard a few weeks ago when I saw a B-17 rise from the runway. It rose, then banked right and flew into the distance. Fabulous to see such a sight. I thought as I watched it disappear: "That airplane and the sacrifices of the men who flew it more than sixty years ago allow me to live in Freedom today." May God Bless Boeing and the men who flew the thousands of B-17s over Europe all those years ago. And we cannot forget the B-24s, the B-25s, the P-51s, the P-47s and all the aircraft flown by brave young men-- so many of whom did not come back. We owe them more than we can ever repay...
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Re: Just a short one...

Postby FuturePilot » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:35 am

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Re: Just a short one...

Postby beaky » Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:14 pm

It is marvelous to see them still flying... this is the 75th year of the type, BTW.
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Re: Just a short one...

Postby hhomebrewer » Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:05 pm

There was a Connie there, too...
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