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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:24:39 PM EDT
I just went outside to check on my nephew who's over for the day, and I hear this REALLY loud thunder in the distance....as it gets louder, I start silently freaking the hell out, as there's no airport near here, and no air shows or anything that's going on.
So, I keep watching, and over the treeline comes a fucking bomber squadron  . Not one, or three, but FIVE. However, I realize they're not going to bomb me into the next world, as I notice there's two B17 Fortresses, two B29 Liberators, and one that I couldn't identify for the life of me.It was really cool.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:26:18 PM EDT
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I just went outside to check on my nephew who's over for the day, and I hear this REALLY loud thunder in the distance....as it gets louder, I start silently freaking the hell out, as there's no airport near here, and no air shows or anything that's going on. So, I keep watching, and over the treeline comes a fucking bomber squadron . Not one, or three, but FIVE. However, I realize they're not going to bomb me into the next world, as I notice there's two B17 Fortresses, two B29 Liberators, and one that I couldn't identify for the life of me.It was really cool. you mean a B24 Liberator or a super fortress? |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:27:15 PM EDT
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Cool.
All carp I see are holy after I shoot them. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:28:33 PM EDT
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I just went outside to check on my nephew who's over for the day, and I hear this REALLY loud thunder in the distance....as it gets louder, I start silently freaking the hell out, as there's no airport near here, and no air shows or anything that's going on. So, I keep watching, and over the treeline comes a fucking bomber squadron . Not one, or three, but FIVE. However, I realize they're not going to bomb me into the next world, as I notice there's two B17 Fortresses, two B29 Liberators, and one that I couldn't identify for the life of me.It was really cool. you mean a B24 Liberator or a super fortress? I don't think that there are two B29's available to fly together in a formation anywhere. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:29:18 PM EDT
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For my entire childhood, I would see a B17 flying at 1000 feet on a monthly basis.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:33:31 PM EDT
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I just went outside to check on my nephew who's over for the day, and I hear this REALLY loud thunder in the distance....as it gets louder, I start silently freaking the hell out, as there's no airport near here, and no air shows or anything that's going on. So, I keep watching, and over the treeline comes a fucking bomber squadron . Not one, or three, but FIVE. However, I realize they're not going to bomb me into the next world, as I notice there's two B17 Fortresses, two B29 Liberators, and one that I couldn't identify for the life of me.It was really cool. you mean a B24 Liberator or a super fortress? I don't think that there are two B29's available to fly together in a formation anywhere. Only Fifi. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:38:20 PM EDT
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I din't know there were three flying B-24's left. Only seen one in the air.
There are multiple airworthy B-17's and it is indeed a sight to see a group of three flying in formation. I can't imagine the sheer number of them flying out of Britain on a daily basis during WWII. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:42:57 PM EDT
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Nice! All I get flying overhead are Coast Guard choppers, Chinooks, A-10's, KC-135s, F-16s, and occasionally Air Force One or Two. The Chinooks rattle my windows.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 12:43:06 PM EDT
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And the photos are where??? You had lots of warning they were coming.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 3:28:23 PM EDT
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Quoted: And the photos are where??? You had lots of warning they were coming. I was at my mother's house. I didn't bring one. Plus, I was watching my nephew. To answer the others, I meant B24. Sorry. The ones I knew were easy to identify...they were flying REALLY low. Couldn't have been more than a few hundred feet up. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 3:36:35 PM EDT
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Just think what the Germans thought when they seen the sky filled with those great War Birds
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Posted: 9/6/2010 4:00:58 PM EDT
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Quoted: Just think what the Germans thought when they seen the sky filled with those great War Birds SCHEISSER!!!!!! |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 4:28:31 PM EDT
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"Look mummy, there's an airplane up in the sky"
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Posted: 9/6/2010 4:29:57 PM EDT
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Nice! All I get flying overhead are Coast Guard choppers, Chinooks, A-10's, KC-135s, F-16s, and occasionally Air Force One or Two. The Chinooks rattle my windows. Not to hijack but Metroplex, where are you? I only get to see the Helos and the A-10's - Not too many F-16s or KC-135s out my way. (Romeo - N of Selfridge) |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 4:39:04 PM EDT
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Two `29s?
That would be a treat. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 5:05:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: Two `29s? That would be a treat. It left me in awe, that's for sure. |
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Posted: 9/6/2010 5:10:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2010 5:11:53 PM EDT
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All I get are black helicoptors overhead.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 5:22:37 PM EDT
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which direction were they flying because there's an airshow in Cleveland all weekend
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Posted: 9/6/2010 5:41:23 PM EDT
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October in the late 90's I'm sitting on our little stock tank fishing late one sunday evening. I hear that unmistakable roar and watch the CAF B-17 Texas Raider fly right over the top of the stock tank. Just after the B-17 clears our property I hear another group of planes. The entire Tora, Tora, Tora group is about 5 mile behind the B-17. Kinda surreal to see a bunch of Japanese fighters and bombers chasing a lone B-17. There had been an airshow in OKC that day and they were headed south. Pretty cool.
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Posted: 9/6/2010 6:51:42 PM EDT
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Quoted: which direction were they flying because there's an airshow in Cleveland all weekend NNW |
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