Re: Planes on page 1 -- Warbirds "what type ?" forum/message board

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time ]

Subject:

Re: Planes on page 1

Author:
Gary

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 10:35:47 03/30/01 Fri
In reply to: Skip Hynes 's message, "Planes on page 1" on 07:46:55 02/17/01 Sat

>Hello, the plane on page 1 (1-2-4) is the B-24 "All
>American" which is owned by Bob Collings of the
>Collings Foundation of Stow, MASS. Recovered in India
>it is former Lend-Lease to the RAF in WW II.
>Restoration partly done by volunteer effort and then
>completed (some work had to be done over)at Bombertown
>in Kissimmee, FL. I'm not sure if it was this plane
>or the B-17 "909", which Collings also owns, that ran
>off the end of the runway in Stow, MA on landing
>several years ago. Great aircraft and superbly
>maintained. Collings also owns, or did own, a gull
>wing Corsair (F4U)which was also restored in Kissimmee.
>Fantastic site, keep up the great work.

Sir,
909 was the collings war bird that crashed a few years ago,I took a tour of her and the dragon and its tail a few months ago in Sarasota FLA. Sarasota airport was also the training center for B17 pilots....Paul Tibbets trained there

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Subject	Author	Date
Re: Planes on page 1	Ryan Keough	20:25:46 08/07/02 Wed