EAA B-17 in Texas

[phboxx42]

Hi, y'all...new to the WIX. Sitting at home yesterday and heard large multi round engines come over the house in Burleson, TX. Found out it was "Aluminum Overcast" at Spinks Airport, Fort Worth/Burleson for this weekend giving rides. Just thought I'd post in case anyone in the vacinity was interested. Thanks.

[tex-fan]

hi phboxx42, and welcome,, i'd sure like to come down [i live about a 100 miles to the west] but work and family stuff prevents me. if you get to go, post some pics if you can.

[67N20]

Hustled down there after the Nationwide race @ Texas Motor Speedway only to find out it was is Addison giving rides (someone had rented it for 3 rides) can't blame going but disappointed I missed it. It'll be back @ Spinks tomorrow with a rides at 7:15AM and 4 or 5PM with a possible ride around 11AM. Tours thru the plane from noon to 4PM or so, as I was told.

[K5DH]

They flew over the VFM hangar five times today!

I managed to snap a few pics. Here are two:

[Ztex]

phboxx...welcome to the forum!

Thanks for the timely info.

I was fortunate to be on one of the flights on Thursday! What a ride! It's been @ 24 years since I've flown in a B-17...I sure miss it!

Tune into Warbird Radio on Wednesday night @7:00pm for the whole story! (shameless plug)







Got to talk with a couple of Veterans while I was there...
This fellow flew B-17's with the 301st BG out of Italy.



And a bit of video posted on the Warbird Radio Face Book page...
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.ph ... 3027431538

[Lynn Allen]

They were East bound IFR (Hwy 287) around 1030 local this morning...

[Ztex]

Here's the full length video from last Thursday's flight.

http://youtu.be/Vvd-azI6D9s

[Ken]

Who are EAA's B-17 pilots this year?