B-17 landing accident today, Van Nuys, Calif.

Channel 2 in Los Angeles had their news helicopter taping the landing
of a B-17 at the Van Nuys airport this afternoon and got more
excitement than expected. The plane's main landing gear collapsed on
both sides during rollout. According to the TV station's copter pilot,
the B-17 is named "Aluminum Overcast" and is owned and operated by the
EAA.


I think I saw that plane yesterday. I was at the Santa Barbara airport,
fueling and getting another retardant load put on the plane, when I saw a B-17
and B-24 fly over the airport in formation, at pattern altitude.


Ron
Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4)
Silver City Tanker Base

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362436 (Ron) wrote:


I think I saw that plane yesterday. I was at the Santa Barbara airport,
fueling and getting another retardant load put on the plane, when I saw a B-17
and B-24 fly over the airport in formation, at pattern altitude.

The B-17 you saw was the Nine-O-Nine since it travels with the B-24
Dragon and His Tail.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

Dale wrote:

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362436 (Ron) wrote:


I think I saw that plane yesterday. I was at the Santa Barbara airport,
fueling and getting another retardant load put on the plane, when I saw
a B-17 and B-24 fly over the airport in formation, at pattern altitude.

The B-17 you saw was the Nine-O-Nine since it travels with the B-24
Dragon and His Tail.

Is "Dragon and his Tail" the same B-24 that used to be painted as "All
American"? Collings Foundation, right?
--
Marc Reeve
actual email address after removal of 4s & spaces is
c4m4r4a4m4a4n a4t c4r4u4z4i4o d4o4t c4o4m

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(Marc Reeve) wrote:



Is "Dragon and his Tail" the same B-24 that used to be painted as "All
American"? Collings Foundation, right?

Yes, the same airplane...the ONLY flying B-24.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

Is "Dragon and his Tail" the same B-24 that used to be painted as "All
American"? Collings Foundation, right?

Yes, the same airplane...the ONLY flying B-24.

There's an LB-30 flying still.

Walt

Speaking about B24's; has anyone ever heard of a C87 ??
"WalterM140" wrote in message
...
Is "Dragon and his Tail" the same B-24 that used to be painted as "All
American"? Collings Foundation, right?

Yes, the same airplane...the ONLY flying B-24.

There's an LB-30 flying still.

Walt

"M.H.Greaves" wrote:

Speaking about B24's; has anyone ever heard of a C87 ??

I suspect our friend Mr. Gustin has:

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevo.../C87LIBER.html

Bob McKellar

"M.H.Greaves" wrote in message
...
Speaking about B24's; has anyone ever heard of a C87 ??
"WalterM140" wrote in message
...
Is "Dragon and his Tail" the same B-24 that used to be painted as
"All
American"? Collings Foundation, right?

Yes, the same airplane...the ONLY flying B-24.

There's an LB-30 flying still.

Heard of a C-87? Why sure, did you know that FDR
used a C-87 in a role that in later days would get a plane
called Air Force 1?
I don't guess I've ever seen one though, outside a photo.
Any C-87 survivors have likely been converted to B-24s
by now. I know this was the case for XC-108, a B-17E
converted to a tanker; it was "discovered" to still exist in
private hands but was restored to the B-17 configuration.

Dale wrote:
In article ,
(Marc Reeve) wrote:

Is "Dragon and his Tail" the same B-24 that used to be painted as "All
American"? Collings Foundation, right?

Yes, the same airplane...the ONLY flying B-24.

Currently located at Moffet Field, along with Nine-O-Nine.

Wish i had the time to go see them... (Though I have enjoyed seeing
Nine-O-Nine circling the South Bay for the past couple days.)
--
Marc Reeve
actual email address after removal of 4s & spaces is
c4m4r4a4m4a4n a4t c4r4u4z4i4o d4o4t c4o4m