Brooks fails to mention that you can't activate an inert bomb.
The Commemorative Air Force owns and operates the oldest B-24A type aircraft in existence.
Ol 927was the 25th of over 18,000 built.
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, one of the companies merged over the years into what is now General Dynamics Corporation, produced the first B-24A Liberator bombers for the Royal Air Force of Great Britain. Early production models of the B-24A were delivered to the British with the first six off the line known as LB-30A's. This aircraft, the 18th LB-30 of an order of 20 for Great Britain, was involved in an accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico in July of 1941.
Consolidated rebuilt it to a transport configuration and AM-927 was used as a company aircraft throughout World War II.
AM-297 flew on a scheduled basis between San Diego, Fort Worth and New York. From its Consolidated serial #AM-927, the plane became known along this route as "Old 927."
After the war, "Old 927" was sold to the Contintental Can Company, and flew as an executive transport for about 10 years. Ol 927 was then sold to Mexico's national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), and flown in Latin America until the CAF acquired it in 1967.
Since her Ghost Squadron debut in 1967, "Old 927" has performed majestically before crowds of thousands of people. In 1971, she was put in the paint scheme and markings of the 98th Bomb Group of the 9th Air Force and was named Diamond LiL. The B-24 flew as Diamond LiL until May of 2007 at which time she was returned to her original configuration as B-24A, Heavy Bomber, with a new paint job, new nose art and a new name, "OL 927 ".