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Another mission for a WWII hero
Los Angeles Daily News ^
| 04/14/2006
| Dennis McCarthy
Posted on 04/14/2006 7:40:54 PM PDT by concentric circles
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To: concentric circles
The B-17G Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast" that Hoover will be flying into Van Nuys on Saturday, catch a ride for $400. I have a ride booked on Aluminum Overcast during her June visit to Centennial Airport in Denver. I'm counting down the days, and feeling like a kid waiting for Christmas!
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posted on
04/14/2006 9:32:48 PM PDT
by
Denver Ditdat
(Yo quiero secure borders.)
To: yarddog
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posted on
04/14/2006 9:40:28 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(Choose between the lesser of two evils, and in the end, you still have, well, evil.)
To: Zuriel
He put on quite show in an Aero Commander (Shrike ?). Finishing up with a dead stick loop and a 3 point landing. I was pre-teen, and just awestruck at his flying ability.
Yup, I saw his demo at a CAF-led airshow in 1983. Even though it was the first time I'd been around warbirds, Hoover's performance is the one thing I remember most clearly.
His Shrike is on display at the Smithsonian, btw ...
To: kms61
To build on what concentric circles said, fighter-variant Spitfires were in US service until mid-1944 or so. Hoover was shot down in February of that year.
To: concentric circles
"flying the Fochwolf 190.."
(rolls eyes)
Dennis McCarthy pick up the red courtesy phone!
I'm glad to see "Overcast" is doing okay after the landing gear collapsed on landing a while back..
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posted on
04/14/2006 10:13:21 PM PDT
by
wolficatZ
(__________________\0/__ /|_________HELP, SHARK!___)
To: Denver Ditdat
I have a ride booked on Aluminum Overcast during her June visit to Centennial Airport in Denver. I'm counting down the days, and feeling like a kid waiting for Christmas! Several years ago I was able to ride in The Collings Foundation's B-17G "Nine O Nine" it was a great ride.
I know you will, but I'll say it anyway... Have Fun!
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posted on
04/14/2006 10:27:42 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: Pyro7480
>>>"You guys have got to see this video of him flying. He's the man!"<<<<
All I can say is WOW
(If you can impress Chuck Yeager, that is impressive!)
To: IncPen
To: elcid1970
>>>>"I cannot thank the WWII heroes enough. Words and tears fail me, it has been too easy to live because of them!"<<<<<
Dittos... A Salute to our Heroes Passing in Review
To: concentric circles
Amazing story. Aren't those P51 Mustangs pictured?
The most eerie version I ever saw was one in the "Peoples' Revolutionary Military Museum" In Beijing. There was one there with Mao's red stars on it.
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posted on
04/14/2006 11:16:50 PM PDT
by
StarfireIV
(John Galt was an optimist)
To: Slump Tester
Fochwolf 190 fighter plane Nice story I've talked with Hoover several time's... great guy... but could the reporter bother to check the name of the FW 190 it's Focke-Wulf... not Fochwolf
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posted on
04/14/2006 11:48:23 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(If it was illegal French Canadian's would La Raza back them? Race over Country is Racism)
To: Pyro7480; concentric circles
Great post. Great video link. Thanks.
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posted on
04/15/2006 1:45:51 AM PDT
by
pt17
To: Zuriel
Lost over the Pacific without a trace. I assume this was not very far offshore His last radio transmission was something like 'I'm having a problem'. Surely there must be something about this on Google.
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posted on
04/15/2006 8:41:41 AM PDT
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: ASOC
Rumor has it that his primary instructor went to his commanding officer and said, 'Sir, I have a problem' to which the CO said "No you don't. Wash him out'. The instructor said 'Sir, you don't understand. He flies the airplane better than I do'.:-)
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posted on
04/15/2006 8:44:34 AM PDT
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: kms61
To: concentric circles
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posted on
04/16/2006 7:41:25 PM PDT
by
kilowhskey
(Land of the free, because of the brave.)
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