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Title: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: tuna on October 02, 2019, 12:30:08 PM
We lose another piece of history, two fatalities I think so far.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/02/us/connecticut-plane-crash-trnd/index.html
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 02, 2019, 12:33:53 PM
Oh man, that's a shame. I wonder if that's the same 'Wings of Freedom' B-17 my kids and I saw and crawled through many moons ago.
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: bob48 on October 02, 2019, 12:34:48 PM
That is bad news. Bad enough losing an historic aircraft, tragic losing people as well.
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: mirth on October 02, 2019, 12:42:47 PM
That is bad news. Bad enough losing an historic aircraft, tragic losing people as well.

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Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: tuna on October 02, 2019, 12:47:13 PM
They used to fly a b17 and b24 around together, landing at a lot of small airports. I took my son Eric when he was 3 or 4 and they came to Plymouth.. A friend asked me recently to go there or Norwood. I don't know if that was scheduled before or after this flight. You could pay to fly between stops, so there were others on board. Medivac choppers were seen leaving.
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: Martok on October 02, 2019, 01:15:41 PM
Just read about this story before coming on here.  Very sad.  My thoughts & prayers to the families of those dead & injured. 
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: tuna on October 02, 2019, 01:35:14 PM
My co-worker flew on one of it's repositioning flights years ago.
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: Staggerwing on October 02, 2019, 06:26:09 PM
Just awful. Deepest sympathies to the victims. Some of them may have been folks on a 'warbird ride'.
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: bob48 on October 02, 2019, 06:28:04 PM
^Oh yes, that's true. How very sad.
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: ojsdad on October 02, 2019, 06:33:09 PM
At least 7 dead.

RIP to all involved.
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 02, 2019, 08:01:44 PM
Seven?? Damn. :(
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: bbmike on October 02, 2019, 08:04:37 PM
Yes, that's sad.  :(
Title: Re: Hollingsworth B17 crashed
Post by: Staggerwing on October 02, 2019, 08:21:20 PM
Just so sad.  :(

I've flown out of Bradley Airport many times and been a regular visitor to the New England Air Museum on the other side of the runways. I can't imagine how this must be affecting the extended airport community there.