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Author Topic: Hollingsworth B17 crashed  (Read 3757 times)

tuna

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on: October 02, 2019, 12:30:08 PM



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Reply #1 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.

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Reply #2 on: October 02, 2019, 12:34:48 PM
That is bad news. Bad enough losing an historic aircraft, tragic losing people as well.

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Reply #3 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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Reply #4 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.



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Reply #5 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. 

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Reply #6 on: October 02, 2019, 01:35:14 PM
My co-worker flew on one of it's repositioning flights years ago.



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Reply #7 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'.

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Reply #8 on: October 02, 2019, 06:28:04 PM
^Oh yes, that's true. How very sad.

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Reply #9 on: October 02, 2019, 06:33:09 PM
At least 7 dead.

RIP to all involved.

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Reply #10 on: October 02, 2019, 08:01:44 PM
Seven?? Damn. :(

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Reply #11 on: October 02, 2019, 08:04:37 PM
Yes, that's sad.  :(

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Reply #12 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.

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