Jack Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Neil Stevens sent these over to post up as he use's a Mac computer - so doesn't know how modern day PC's work :wink: Anyway - he will give us some background to this chance in a life time trip....or flight! And no, I am not jealous at all - don't like B17's anyway :-D http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7238_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7190_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7245_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7213.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7251_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7393_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7416_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/GroupofFive.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7582_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7778_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7297_2.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7334_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7766_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7775_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/IMG_7787_1.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/Neilinslipstream-B17.jpg[/img] http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b107/richmorris/ToMfromYankeeLady2.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 WOW they know how to play in the states :schocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Luckely I'm not jealous too, not a bit, not the slightest bit of me isn't the tiniest bit jealous. * runs for a dark corner to cry his eyes out * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Stunning. Even the truck is lovely. So many Forts...not fair. Can we get this lot in to Uppotery for the HMVF show, Jack??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Jeaulous now.... :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berni Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 excellant, i just can't believe how much he looks like my brother, it is real spooky. i have to go find a photo now so you can see them both.. fab flight, mutter mutter jealous mutter Berni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Luckely I'm not jealous too, not a bit, not the slightest bit of me isn't the tiniest bit jealous. * runs for a dark corner to cry his eyes out * You and me both sir - you and me both!!! :-( :cry: :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welbourn Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Guys, Chances such as that come few and far between such that when they do you have to say things like, "what the hell can I sell to get there"!! Good old eBay is all I can say! But 32 Wright Cyclones singing in harmony were fantastic! I'll knock up a bit of narrative just to rub it in......can't decide what was best to fly in, the B17 or the B24............! Yawns and rolls over! Neil S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Yeah, well I HATE planes :-o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Guys, Chances such as that come few and far between such that when they do you have to say things like, "what the hell can I sell to get there"!! Good old eBay is all I can say! But 32 Wright Cyclones singing in harmony were fantastic! I'll knock up a bit of narrative just to rub it in......can't decide what was best to fly in, the B17 or the B24............! Yawns and rolls over! Neil S * cries silently * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 :pfrt: :n00b: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazerman Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 yeah but !! i got a a free corgi show case collection dc3 model and key ring on my flight so im not jealous :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 What older brother failed to mention was that it was MY EFFORT in selling his reproduction Eastman B3 Sheepskin flying jacket at Beltring in 2005 for £350 that was the difference between him having raised enough money to book the weekend trip to Michigan in the first place! - Oh how these seemingly immaterial facts are overlooked after the dust has settled - And I didn't even charge him my usual commission!!! Joking apart, on that August Sunday afternoon that he was in the USA, I was driving my Dodge WC-56 Command Car around the arena at a village fete type event near Stowmarket when my mobile rang. I pulled the Dodge to a halt and answered the withheld number call. "Listen to this" he said and all I could hear was a terrific rumbling noise. He was in the nose of the B-17 with all four fans turning and I was posing around at a bloody village fete!! My only satisfaction came from the fact that I had done exactly the same in the USA seven years previous aboard the Collins Foundations B-17 Nine-O-Nine and I was allowed on the flight deck for take off and landing, whereas Neil was merely strapped in at the waist! Then I got the text the following day to tell me that they had also decided to go up for a hop in the B-24 Liberator.........Oh well, you can't win them all! Maybe I should post my pictures of my surprised flight in the back seat of Maurice Hammond's superb P-51 Mustang, Janie? 2 - 2 ! Now when is that blooming B-29 Superfortress FiFi of the Confederate Air Force going to be back in the Texas skies?? Clive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I'm off to lincolnshire next Saturday,for what is I hope, going to be a memory not to forget. I've been told it involves a Lancaster Bomber and a Taxi Run :-D :-D :-D Will post here with some photos after next week end........... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Morning! It is worth mentioning that ALL the pictures of this trip are now available in a seperate gallery on http://www.redballexpress.co.uk under the galleries section. Lots of good pictures taken from on the ground of the static aircraft line-up as well Seasons greetings HMVF'ers ;-) Cds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Coe Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Amazing photos - thanks for posting them. So good to see some B17s in natural metal - remember when Sally B used to look like that? Nice pic if the B24 too, I remember seeing Diamond Lil a few years back when she came over for the "Return to Britain" stuff (1992?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M5Clive Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Yes 1992 when the Confederate Air Force flew B-24 Diamond Lil over to England to participate in the 50th Anniversary Return to England of the USAAF. That was 15 years ago now, and this summer we are celebrating the 65th Anniversary by staging the OPERATION BOLERO - Tour of the Dromes event, located in Frmalingham, Suffolk, East Anglia. Incidentally, I saw Diamond Lil perform at the Boscombe Down air show in 1992 and had a tour of the aircraft - Even bought a bright red B-24 Baseball Cap which has long since disappeared! Back in the States, they are now in the process of re-configuring the aircraft back into the guise of a B-24 D, I think, by refitting the ball turret and making other modifications. Will be interested to see what she looks like when she comes out of the work-shop. Cds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Coe Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Yeah - I was at Boscombe Down too. I've still got the "Salute to the Mighty Eigth" mug on the shelf in my kitchen. :afro: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 I want one :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Stunning. Even the truck is lovely. So many Forts...not fair. Can we get this lot in to Uppotery for the HMVF show, Jack??????? HMVF show,......... :? :? :? did I miss something,........... :whistle: Andy Great photo's...............cheers. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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