Thanks for the push Pal...there's a B17 based in the San Fran Bay Area that
comes up here about once a year..
Racer Bud
----- Original Message -----
From: "WILLIAM TOBIN" <william.tobin3@verizon.net>
To: "RACER BUD" <budscars@comcast.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 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Hash Brown & Cheese
>
> 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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