"John Clear" wrote in message
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Golfers, three o'clock, low:

http://www.clear-prop.org/B-24/target12.html


Very, very cool and equally rare!

I rode in Nine-O-Nine on 17 June 1993 as a college graduation present.
Went with my grandfather. It was the first time he'd flown in a B-17 since
getting shot down over Schweinfurt. They feathered the prop, etc and when
I pointed out to him he just looked at me and grinned. We sat in those
nose together by ourselves for what seems like longer than it actually was.
I don't remember ever seeing him smile so much.

After the ride, he and the pilot exchanged autographs. He told the pilot
that one thing he remembered about B-17s is that no two ever sounded or
smelled the same. To this day, however, I can hear and smell Nine-O-Nine as
if it was yesterday.

The rest of the pics from my flight on the B-24:

-c