[Emperor Palpatine]

I WANT one!


I'd love to go, but prior commitments kept me from attending this year. Were there any old warbirds there? I had the privilege several years ago to ride right seat for a spell in one of the few restored B-17's around. My dad flew one during the war. Noisy as H-E-double hockey sticks and they vibrated like crazy, plus for such a large aircraft the interior is almost clautrophobic.

It gave me a whole new respect for those guys who flew these unheated and unpressurized things in subzero temperatures for hours and hours over enemy territory getting shot at.

[MarineBrat]

>>Were there any old warbirds there?

I wish I could tell you. I’m on the west coast. I’ll be back in Da Burgh in a few months for a quick two day site-seeing visit though. Hopefully I’ll be there for opening day at Heinz Field to see the Stillers play the Ole Earlers (Texans).

[BikerJoe]

Were there any old warbirds there?

Yup, a B-17 and B-25. The Navy had a Corsair do a "Heritage Flight" with a Super Hornet (I hate those. I'd much rather watch them fly individually). However, the Corsair was out at the flight line, so you couldn't get near it. A couple of DC-3s and a C-54 (don't know if you want to count those, though). Other than the Corsair, no fighters.