B-17

[Plane Nuts]

A B-17 with a fighter escort (too far to ID) flew east over Napa at 4PM.
Possibly EAA Aluminum Overcast. They are in Camarillo the next 2 days. Anybody else see them?

[RAD2LTR]

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How the heck did I miss that? I must have been on my way home from work. Bummer.

Will

[johnnyrace]

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Not sure if you saw the same B-17 as I did in Alameda on Sunday April 5th...I was at the Alameda Point Flea Market in the late morning and a B-17 with a yellow tail , nose , and wingtips made several low passes over the market much to our surprise and pleasure...I think Aluminum Overcast has red markings...so maybe we are lucky enough to have two B-17s flying around Northern Cal at this time!!!

[MustangFan]

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Not sure if you saw the same B-17 as I did in Alameda on Sunday April 5th...I was at the Alameda Point Flea Market in the late morning and a B-17 with a yellow tail , nose , and wingtips made several low passes over the market much to our surprise and pleasure...I think Aluminum Overcast has red markings...so maybe we are lucky enough to have two B-17s flying around Northern Cal at this time!!!

Hmm..might this have been the one you saw? Took this at Chino 2 years ago..

[Leo]

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They were over Vacaville around 4, got several e-mails from friends.

[Plane Nuts]

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I spoke to a friend that was Alameda and saw it. Said it was flying out of Hayward. It was too far away to see any markings when I saw it.

[flynundertaker]

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any one know about the p-40 warhawk that went down on april 6.09...Boston Harald . com has it on there site/one person was lost in the crash......blue sky s to them

[Lockheed Bob]

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ntsb.gov states on 4-5-09 a P40N #N740RB crashed while practicing aerobatics for an Air Show. His son was on the beach talking to him with a handheld & everything seemed normal when he went into a spin & went into Mystic Bay. No pilots name given. Blue skies for him & prayers for family.

[johnnyrace]

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The P-40 pilot was Bob Baranaskas

[AirDOGGe]

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Here's a link to the current P-40 topic-thread:

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?t=7147

[rc38pilot]

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Info from a friend says it was liberty bell and chris prevost in is new dual control p-40n out of schellville and dan vance in speedball alice....They actually landed the b-17 at schellville,those that have been to schellville know that it is a really small airport with even smaller runways!!!there are some pics on wix

[Ken from PG]

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Heard they are going to be selling bomber rides out of Sacramento this weekend. Don't know if it is the same bird.

[RAD2LTR]

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They landed a B17 down at Schellville? Man I would have liked to have seen that. I was out there last Sat, and found a new Mustang hiding where the P40 should have been (P40 is in a new hanger.) The Mustang has no identifying markings on it, all primer. It was a cool find none the less. I have some pics if anyone is interested.

Will

[rc38pilot]

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There is actually 2 mustangs at schellville,the primered one you saw is ?

http://mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/44-74483.shtml

and the other is been in a hanger for years is this one

http://mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/44-84962.shtml

see ya

[Race 29]

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Where is the B-17 going to be in Sacramento?

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