B-17 headed into FRG - Thur Aug 17

[lijk604]

Just heard working FRG tower @ 1130.

N5017N -- according to FAA website that is the EAA B-17.

[Laxgoaly]

I hope she is the one comming to Teterboro this weekend!!!

[cancidas]

shes not supposed to be here till the 20th though.

[lijk604]

well she is here today. Ran a couple of flights so far. Hanging out at the Museum.

[BDLGUY]

There is a Boeing B-17G N390H/42-97849 that now parked at Brianard Airport (HFD) in Hartford. It will be a public touring on this weekend (August 19-20) and the admission fee will be $5.00 per person and $10.00 for family.

Cheers! :P
John

[moose135]

I just had to take a run over there tonight. Yes indeed, there is an Aluminum Overcast at the Airpower Museum. The light was all wrong, and the gate was locked, but here she is:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/88852141-M.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/88852168-M.jpg

Finally got to put that monopod to good use - mount camera, hit the shutter in timer mode, and use monopod to hold camera over top of fence:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/88852201-M.jpg

The calendar page for the Teteboro show says "Yankee Lady" will be there for their show. Looks like this area is going to be lousy with B-17s this weekend :!:

[lijk604]

Well now we know it's here, when will the obligatory nighttime "derf" shots start showing up? :lol:

[Derf]

Well, I was not going to post them like most of my work because it was
rushed without a tripod....but since you asked, here are some handheld
driveby shots from last night


http://fromtheflightdeck.com/temp/nycaviation/oa/IMG_0463.jpg

http://fromtheflightdeck.com/temp/nycaviation/oa/IMG_0471.jpg

http://fromtheflightdeck.com/temp/nycaviation/oa/IMG_0523.jpg

http://fromtheflightdeck.com/temp/nycaviation/oa/IMG_0561.jpg

http://fromtheflightdeck.com/temp/nycaviation/oa/IMG_0572.jpg

now last night I did have some tripod fun but it too was rushed because
I have been spending all of my sleep time helping my wife make a website
for her job....if you can call it that! ;)

Here are two tripod shots from last night...
http://fromtheflightdeck.com/temp/nycaviation/oa/IMG_0580.jpg

http://fromtheflightdeck.com/temp/nycaviation/oa/IMG_0609.jpg

On a side note...I started a picture a day gallery on my website and had
to start off with some local action!
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/88722465-L.jpg

You can also see a thread on my flight on THIS B-17
http://www.longislandwallpapers.com/photos/61285379-L.jpg
Link on my flight here
http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/Storie ... /FMb17.htm (http://www.fromtheflightdeck.com/Stories/FMBoeing17/FMb17.htm)

[Tom_Turner]

John - Would that be N390TH? Liberty Belle? Thats great.

I see I missed Sentimental Journey in Mass this summer. Tough to track them all down.

Tom



There is a Boeing B-17G N390H/42-97849 that now parked at Brianard Airport (HFD) in Hartford. It will be a public touring on this weekend (August 19-20) and the admission fee will be $5.00 per person and $10.00 for family.

Cheers! :P
John

[mirrodie]

someone stopped in today and mentioned an AVIATION Day at Republic in a few weeks?

Anyone else know of this? News to me.

[lijk604]

someone stopped in today and mentioned an AVIATION Day at Republic in a few weeks?

Anyone else know of this? News to me.

Supposedly "Avitation Career Day" in late Sept. C130 & HH60 Blackhawk from FOK will be on display for the HS kids to see what life would be like in the National Guard. If I hear of anything else coming in, you know I'll post it here.

[Derf]

holy crap! I took 450+pictures of that B-17 yesterday....that is now the
third time I have done this with this paticular airframe! I can not even
guess how many B-17 shots in general!!! Whahhhhoooo!!!

and I may have one or two good ones in there too! ;)

[moose135]

Talk about a stealth bomber...I stopped by after visiting the Teteboro show earlier in the day, I guess I got to FRG around 3:45, and the place was all but deserted. There were a few people inside the fence looking at the B-17, but nothing else much happening. The museum closes at 4pm, and there wasn't anything indicating it was going to be open later with the B-17 there. I ended up talking with an older gentleman outside the fence who told me about growing up near Roosevelt Field back in the '30s, and saw B-17s flying into the area during WW2.

Finally, someone left from around the bomber, and I asked him when they were planning on flying, so I could get some airborne photos. He said they were done for the day, unless a group showed up with $425 a piece for a ride - he said he's a member of the local EAA chapter. We talked about the sparse crowd, and I remarked that there wasn't even anything listed on the museum website about the visit. He said that was because this visit wasn't part of a museum-sponsored event, rather that it was part of the EAA tour of the B-17, and they had simply made arrangements with the museum to park there. He said it was up to the local EAA chapter to publicize the event, and apparently they didn't do such a good job (it wasn't in Newsday!) He said they were planning a flight around 9:30 Sunday morning, any additional flights would be based on people buying rides.

Since I didn't know how long they would let me stay, and the fence set up around the plane didn't look conducive to anything but tight close-ups, I decided to keep the $6 in my pocket and didn't go in. It's unfortunate that this wasn't publicized better - that's the power of advertising!

[SCOTYDEMCO]

Yeah I got over there on my return from a crazy 24 hrs out in Southhampton. I spoke to those guys too Moose. I hung around a bit, took some shots then left when they left around 5 something. He said he had 3 people confirmed for a ride tomorrow. $425 for a flight, the big issue was the weather, and $425 dollars for a 30 minute flight. They said they were departing Monday. There was also a T-45 parked over there too.

[MORS-AB-ALTO]

Finally, someone left from around the bomber, and I asked him when they were planning on flying, so I could get some airborne photos. He said they were done for the day, unless a group showed up with $425 a piece for a ride - he said he's a member of the local EAA chapter. We talked about the sparse crowd, and I remarked that there wasn't even anything listed on the museum website about the visit. He said that was because this visit wasn't part of a museum-sponsored event, rather that it was part of the EAA tour of the B-17, and they had simply made arrangements with the museum to park there. He said it was up to the local EAA chapter to publicize the event, and apparently they didn't do such a good job (it wasn't in Newsday!)

Just brilliant on the part of the AAM. "We're not paying for it so why bother going through the very tedious and time consumimg process of updating our website with a few lines of text and possibly getting a some extra revenue from people who want to see the plane."

Saw the Goshawk there myself today. Hope we get a good departure tomorrow.

[Laxgoaly]

Hey guys, yesterday my Dad suprised me with a spot on the B-17G "Yankee Lady" @ Teterboro... I am still smiling from that experience, while my ears are still ringing... I can honestly say those 35 minutes were the most amazing experience of my entire life so far, and i will remember every detail till my last day... I have a new found respect for all of the airmen back there... because it really takes being in thier shoes ( if just for a few minutes) up in the air to see what they had to endure and one can only imagine the challenges and fears they felt while up there over axis territory... a very big thank you goes out to the Yankee Air Force for their preservation and filying of the Yankee Lady...

[moose135]

You know I couldn't stay away...headed over to FRG this afternoon to see "Aluminum Overcast". Ran into a museum voluntgeer who's retired from TWA and worked with my father, and ended up spending close to half an hour talking with him.

Here are a few shots of the B-17:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/89524026-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/89524245-L.jpg

Here's a look at both ends of the ball turret:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/89524239-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/89524271-L.jpg

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/89524383-L.jpg
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/89524349-L.jpg

Here's the T-45 that was in this weekend:
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/89524143-L.jpg

Part of the museum tour is a trip over to the old tower in the next hangar, which gave me a nice overview of the museum and the B-17
http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/89524192-L.jpg

Still not much of a crowd. Spoke with another museum volunteer who told me the EAA said they would take care of publicity, obviously somebody there dropped the ball. The museum is publicizing the Labor Day weekend show...see you there!

[Derf]

Nice shots moose, here are two more I took
http://Derf.smugmug.com/photos/89496526-L.jpg

http://Derf.smugmug.com/photos/89496995-L.jpg

I wish I had more time to post a few dozen more...sorry :cry:

[mirrodie]

Hey, I was in Manhattanyesterday with guests and saw a B-17 doing aerial photo shots over the Statue of Liberty. Was that the B17 at Teterboro or FRG?

[moose135]

Most likely the one from Teteboro - it looked like after takeoff, they headed over toward NYC for their rides.

[SCOTYDEMCO]

The guys I soke to on Saturday said that they did do a flight over manhatten, but who knows. I think he was just looking for a 5th person and another $425 to do another flight ride.