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September 24, 2004 - After spending nearly five months in California following its landing-gear incident, EAA’s B-17 Aluminum Overcast returned home late Friday afternoon, where it will undergo further restoration. The vintage WWII bomber departed Van Nuys, California, on September 23, and flew to El Paso, Texas, for an overnight stay. Friday morning’s six-hour ferry flight time included a fuel stop at Wichita, Kansas. Pilots Sam Bass and Bob Davis are in the cockpit, with Gerard Putzer and Ted Mosman of the EAA aircraft maintenance staff also on board.
Now safely back at the Kermit Weeks Hangar, aircraft maintenance crews can continue the work started in California after the May 1 mishap at Van Nuys in which both front landing gears collapsed, causing major damage to the aircraft.
Meanwhile, EAA’s hearty replacement airplane for the “Salute to Veterans” tour, Fuddy Duddy, continues to admirably take up the slack. This weekend’s tour stop at Charlotte, North Carolina, will be followed by a week of down time before resuming the tour at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 8.
With the return of Aluminum Overcast and the current lease operation of Fuddy Duddy, EAA currently operates the world’s largest fleet of actively flying B-17 bombers (two).
September 24, 2004 - After spending nearly five months in California following its landing-gear incident, EAA’s B-17 Aluminum Overcast returned home late Friday afternoon, where it will undergo further restoration. The vintage WWII bomber departed Van Nuys, California, on September 23, and flew to El Paso, Texas, for an overnight stay. Friday morning’s six-hour ferry flight time included a fuel stop at Wichita, Kansas. Pilots Sam Bass and Bob Davis are in the cockpit, with Gerard Putzer and Ted Mosman of the EAA aircraft maintenance staff also on board.
Now safely back at the Kermit Weeks Hangar, aircraft maintenance crews can continue the work started in California after the May 1 mishap at Van Nuys in which both front landing gears collapsed, causing major damage to the aircraft.
Meanwhile, EAA’s hearty replacement airplane for the “Salute to Veterans” tour, Fuddy Duddy, continues to admirably take up the slack. This weekend’s tour stop at Charlotte, North Carolina, will be followed by a week of down time before resuming the tour at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 8.
With the return of Aluminum Overcast and the current lease operation of Fuddy Duddy, EAA currently operates the world’s largest fleet of actively flying B-17 bombers (two).
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