B-17 & B-24 & P-51 Pics From Show

Franco · #1 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 07:25 AM

Heres some of my pictures i took over the weekend at a show and i do have alot more but i just put these up because they stood out from the rest and also the B-24 in these photos is the only 24 flying today. There are a few pics i wanted to talk about quick, one picture of a WWII Vet looking at the back gunner of a B-24, he was the rear gunner of the B-24 and just watching him look at those guns brought back alot of memorys and he said when the planes came in you only had 43 seconds to figure out what you where going to do before getting shot at. Another picture of a Vet in from of the B-17 he was a pilot of the B-17 and a picture of a vet next to the B-24 and he was a 24 pilot and theres a picture of alot of vets and most were gunners in the bombers or pilots and there was even a Flying Tiger Pilot but after the picture was taking i couldnt find him. If i had $$$ i could have took a flight in one of these planes but it cost like $425 and heres a link for the Schedule so you can see if these guys are coming to your area. http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm Hope everyone enjoys and i do have these pictures in way bigger sizes if anyone wants a bigger picture.

Franco · #2 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 07:25 AM

Some more

Skipper · #3 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 08:35 AM

Awesome pics, you have got talent as a photographer!

Slipdigit · #4 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 02:04 PM

I'll bet that you were eating that up, Franco.

Franco · #5 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 02:18 PM

Thanks Skipper im glad you like the pictures and i try more and more to be a better photographer and Slipdigit theres nothing better then being around some WWII Vets and some bombers.

jemimas_special2 · #6 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 03:00 PM

Great pics Franco! I wish I could have been there.

fast1 · #7 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 03:57 PM

thanks for sharing the pics!

Calyph · #8 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 04:19 PM

Wow those are awesome! Sure wish I had been there instead of that parade

Franco · #9 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 11:18 PM

Yeah i never pass up airshows or anything around here , i never get enuff of seeing WWII aircraft

syscom3 · #10 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2009, 11:24 PM

Dont forget to look in my photo album for when I took a ride in a B24.

Franco · #11 (**permalink**) July 8th, 2009, 02:33 AM

Yeah it was nice to walk through and i would of love to ride in it but cant afford it. How was it when you flew in it?

bigfun · #12 (**permalink**) July 8th, 2009, 03:15 AM

Great pics Franco! I caught the show in Florida last year and this year in Florida. I didn't go up in them either, can't justify that high seat price! Thanks for sharing!!

Franco · #13 (**permalink**) July 8th, 2009, 05:08 AM

Did you get to walk inside of them? it was $12 to get into area where planes were then you can go into the planes as many times as you want.

bigfun · #14 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2009, 04:33 AM

I sure did! It was great too! This past year my Dad and a few of his buddies went with me so that made it even more fun! We even saw the P51 flying around! Here is the link to that thread.
My walk through a B24, P51 pics as well!
my walk thru a B-17!!!

Franco · #15 (**permalink**) July 9th, 2009, 04:48 AM

Nice some of those pics are just like mine lol and i did see the p51 buzzing around to and i have some video of the 24 and 17 taking off and tons of other videos from airshows around here just never uploaded them. I also got a picture with 2 tuskegee airmen last yr and a b-25 pilot and a top turret gunner of a 17 and some photos wit a guy that was on Iwo Jima and another guy that was in the battle of the bulge and also got them all to sign the photos to witch i thought was great

bigfun · #16 (**permalink**) July 10th, 2009, 02:17 AM

Wow! Sounds great!! You have to post those vids! And the other photos too!

Franco · #17 (**permalink**) July 10th, 2009, 02:54 AM

Ok and the videos are short just of them taking off and i will try to get some more pics up.

formerjughead · #18 (**permalink**) July 10th, 2009, 03:51 AM

A friend of mine's (sp,grammer,etc?) father-in-law flew the original "Witchcraft". Here is a picture of the jacket that he painted for him

Franco · #19 (**permalink**) July 10th, 2009, 05:57 AM

Thats cool and would be nice to have a original jacket from back then. Heres a couple short videos i had from last weekend

YouTube - B17 Taking Off

YouTube - B24 Taking Off

ill try to get some more pictures up tommorow, i need to see witch ones i have left to put up

bigfun · #20 (**permalink**) July 11th, 2009, 03:54 AM

Very nice Franco! Thanks for showing that!

Franco · #21 (**permalink**) July 11th, 2009, 04:47 AM

Thanks and ill try to get some more photos soon and just letting you know but you might already know that those planes are coming to your state this month very soon and theres a F4 Phantom demo coming donw to just go to the collins foundation website and theres a list there