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Ugly But Well Hung

Confererate Air Force probobly?
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Was there a B-24 involved as well? I know that a B-17/B-24 team fly around the country soliciting donations and offering rides, but I can't remember the name of the exact organization.

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Nice!!! Shall I tell you that I have 15 years ago made this plane as an model in plastic. Same colours, same plane and tailcode. Never thought that there was a plane still flying in those colours.

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Same colours, same plane and <b>tailcode</b>.

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You have some good eyes, I can't see a tail designation...

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Take the 3 photo for details.
In the yellow tail, you see a black spot with a white letter K. Before the tail you see two green painted rings. And I know from mine plastic model there is on the nose a nose-art of a woman.
Maybe I have it wrong, but I thought it was a bomber that was stationed in England WW2.

Question for Dice-Man. What was the airfield were the plane landed?

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Looks like "A Bit 'O Lace", to me...
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That's the one that I meant 30mike-mike. Yellow tail. Three same coloured engines, the fourth is different (originaly is it that scheme).
A big V on the wing and a nice nose-art.
You can say that the Dice-Man saw a really historic and beautyfull B-17.

Dice-man, that sort of planes is fanstatic!!!

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It was "Fuddy-Duddy"...

http://www.b17.org/tour/

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Ugly But Well Hung

It has the same coular scheme as the "a bit 'o lace". I am surprised that more B-17's has those colours.
So a mistery is gone.

Dice-Man was the airfield Ogden-Hinkley airfield. I saw on the schedule that the plane was there.

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I think those colors and markings are squad or wing related, so probobly many of them flew in those colors.

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Speaking of the CAF, some very experienced pilots (one a business associate of mine, Bob Lang) had a tragic mishap last Thursday. May they Rest In Peace.

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_articl ... ryid=64760

Two Killed in Pike Co. Plane Crash

Web Editor: Tracey Christensen
Reported By: Denis O'Hayer
Web Editor: Manav Tanneeru
Last Modified: 6/17/2005 9:41:50 AM


Two people were killed when a single-engine plane crashed Thursday after taking off from the Peach State Airport a half mile west of Williamson in Pike County.

The pilot, 67-year-old James Ford, and his passenger, 58-year-old Robert Lang, died in the crash. Both men are from Marietta, Ga.

Both men had extensive flight experience. Ford was a former Delta Air Lines pilot and Lang was a former Air Force pilot.

Pike County Fire Chief Tom Tyree said the 1940-model PT-26 Cornell was owned by the Commemorative Air Force.

“You could tell there weren’t no survivors the way it tore the thing up, it would have been a miracle if somebody had lived through something like that,” said Walter Newman, who was one of the first at the scene

Witnesses say the plane’s upward climb lasted less than a minute.

“The aircraft took off, used a lot of the runway, according to witnesses, started to climb, barely climbed over a set of trees, and then they saw the aircraft sink behind some trees, and then they heard the crash,” said NTSB investigator Butch Wilson.

The cause of the crash was immediately known, but witnesses said the plane appeared to clip some trees.

“The tire hung in one of the forks of the tree and I believe that’s what flipped him in and sent him straight to the ground,” Newman said.

The plane, made of wood and fabric, is not designed to withstand crashes said County Commissioner Steve Fray, who has had training flying similar planes.

“There wasn’t a lot of protection. The wings, of course, crumpled under the impact,” he said.

The crash site is located in a field near Highway 362. Williamson is located about 40 miles south of Atlanta.

The Commemorative Air Force, formerly known as the Confederate Air Force, is based in Midland, Texas, and is a volunteer, nonprofit organization whose goal is to preserve World War II aircraft.

The 9,500-member organization, which has 154 planes, also provides museum buildings for permanent protection and display of the aircraft.

The Commemorative Air Force said in a statement from Midland that the airplane was assigned to the Dixie Wing of the CAF, based in Peachtree City, Ga.

The pilot and passenger, both members of the CAF, had taken off from Falcon Field in Peachtree City about 10:30 a.m. and landed in Williamson about an hour later.

“After landing, the pilot repositioned the airplane and departed. Immediately after takeoff, the airplane struck a tree and impacted the ground,” said the statement from CAF spokeswoman Tina Corbett.

The wreckage will be moved to Griffin, Ga., either tonight or Friday for further examination, officials said.


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I saw it flying over North Ogden Pass as I was moving back into my house (booted the ex-wife out) It came back 1 hour later. Seen it a few times on thursday as well. beautiful bird.

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Same...
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The yellow tail was the std. sqn color:

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In memory of the mighty B-17 and stress' two friends...
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Here's what I was thinking it was from, the Collings Foundation:

http://www.collingsfoundation.org/menu.htm

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