Bud, go up if you get the chance. You'll love it. The hatch above the
radio room was open on my flight and we could stick our heads out and enjoy
the 170 mph breeze.
It was I that told Andre that it isn't a dress rehersal!
Bill----- Original Message -----
From: "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.net>
To: "WILLIAM TOBIN" <william.tobin3@verizon.net>; "John Herrera"
<jrherrera90@hotmail.com>; "Bill Babcock" <billb@bnj.com>; "Joe Alexander"
<n197tr4@cs.com>
Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Hash Brown & Cheese
> i would love to go up in a plane like that..i think i will..it's
expensive,
> but as one of you guys said the other day..."this is not a DRESS
> REHEARSAL"...
> My youngest daughter and her husband are Air force Academy grads...when
Liz
> was in her senior year she flew in an F-16 for 45 minutes....when she
> returned, and took off her G-suit...her stomach started 'dancing around'
> Racer Bud
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "WILLIAM TOBIN" <william.tobin3@verizon.net>
> To: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>; "Bill Babcock"
> <billb@bnj.com>; "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4@cs.com>
> Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Hash Brown & Cheese
>
>
> > Hi, a few years back, a B17 was in Erie for a show. The Nine-o-Nine,
I
> > think, from the Collins Foundation. Being a history buff, esp. WWII, I
> > went
> > up in it; $350 for a half hour. Not being an aviation buff, I was a
bit
> > nervous and turned a bit green.
> > They had a B24 there at the same time and a friend and his brother
took
> > their families up in it. Their dad had been a B24 pilot during the war
and
> > was shot down in action over Germany. All the crew survived but were
> > captured and spent time in a POW camp. The dad died a few years ago.
> > The famililies very much enjoyed the ride. Quite an experience.
> > Sorry I drifted off message a bit.
> > Snow and cold, cold and snow!
> > Bill----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John Herrera" <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
> > To: "Bill Babcock" <billb@bnj.com>; "Joe Alexander" <n197tr4@cs.com>
> > Cc: "Friends of Triumph" <fot@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Fot] Hash Brown & Cheese
> >
> >
> > > > And where was Joe when I was naming the tour--I called it the All
>
> > Aluminum
> > > tour, but the Aluminum Overcast tour is an infinitely > superior
name.
> > >
> > > Aluminum Overcast is the name of the EAA's B-17, which does leave
its
> > base in
> > > Wisconsin to go on tour.
> > >
> > > John H.
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