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Reports now confirming all onboard are ok bar one person with minor injuries. Amazing but still very sad to see!

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Cheers,
Peter

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A big loss, but I'm very glad to hear that everyone got away OK-

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

agree that the important thing is that everyone is ok but having spent so much time myself working on T-bird I feel it deep in my gut looking at the pics.

agree that the important thing is that everyone is ok but having spent so much time myself working on T-bird I feel it deep in my gut looking at the pics.

Indeed - glad to see there is no casualties.
It's hard to figure she is totally destroyed now. I've seen her at Duxford in 2008 with "our" Pink Lady - it was simply brilliant!

All the best to Don Brooks and team.

Ben.

http://www.wthr.com/story/14893917/vint ... n-illinois

http://www.wthr.com/story/14893917/vintage-plane-crashes-in-illinois

My heart goes out to you. Thank God everyone is safe.

Sad, very sad

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It's sad to think that I arrived that very day you took this photo on the flight from Stratford, CT in "Liberty Belle" with my wife. It's very disturbing that I won't see that aircraft again.
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

Bad news indeed.

All out safe thank God...

Reports are on an engine fire and emergency landing.

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Zane Adams
There I was at 20,000 ft, upside down and out of ammunition.
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I just received an E-mail at work from Doc Warner at Dyess telling me about the loss, and with the link to the TV station video. It's lunchtime, but now I'm not hungry.

I first saw her at Tom's place in Kissimmee as the big parts were being put together. From what I remember, they had to rebuild about 90% of her. I wonder if someone might be willing to do it again?

So glad the crew and PAX made it out OK! Good job by the flight crew.

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Mike

Just looked at the video, not much to rebuild. So, so sad.

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Mike

Horrible news, but I'm so glad the crew and passengers are safe!

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"Keep 'em Flying!"

So lucky they had a flat place to land her wheels-down - thank God everyone's OK. WGN's midday news will be on in a few minutes - will record it. Hope what's left can be saved to help keep some other B-17s flying

Edit: it was the opening story and they did correctly refer to it as an emergency landing rather than a crash.

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Liberty Belle and The Movie Memphis Belle operating off of the grass at Geneseo in 2007.

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Wish I had a plane to put here... anyone got any leads on a (prewar) J3 Cub?

1952 Ford F6 Howe Fire Truck
1951 Ford F5
1949 Ford F6 Dump Truck
1978 Ford Mustang II
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
1949 Ford 8N; 1948, 1949 & 1950 Baird Beavers

Sheetmetal and stringers are one thing... look to the fine folks at Urbana, OH for a great example of making something from nothing... but the spar is completely gone here, and unless I'm wrong, that's not exactly something you can whack together from raw steel, is it?

Lynn