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    Thanks Bob for that great U Tube clip!

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    It is good to see a television personality interested in aircraft.

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    I've seen this one several times at MAPS in N. Canton airport. Collens flies in once a year with the B-17, B-24, B-25 and P-51.
    Great to see them getting some air-time.
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Great video, thanks. Yeah he seems like a pretty cool guy

    Never Knowingly Undergunned !!

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    Karl I have seen them a few times Nine-O-Nine (B17), TONDELAYO (B25), WITCHCRAFT (B24) and the P-51. It's nice to be able to crawl around in them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobP View Post
    Karl I have seen them a few times Nine-O-Nine (B17), TONDELAYO (B25), WITCHCRAFT (B24) and the P-51. It's nice to be able to crawl around in them.
    They came to the local airport near us, and it was very neat to see what I have only read about.

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    Well here is WITCHCRAFT. This was in Westminster MD a few years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobP View Post
    Karl I have seen them a few times Nine-O-Nine (B17), TONDELAYO (B25), WITCHCRAFT (B24) and the P-51. It's nice to be able to crawl around in them.
    Given our respective heights, crawling is about what we needed to do, yes.

    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Here's a couple of TONDELAYO

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    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    After flying for 30 minutes in a B-17 I have much respect for those guys that flew those missions.

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    Here's some close-ups I got with my first ever digital camera back in 2005

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    SWMBO with a 50-cal

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    You have to be pretty thin to get through the walkway.


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