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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:19 am 
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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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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:25 am 
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A big loss, but I'm very glad to hear that everyone got away OK-

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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.


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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.


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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.

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


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I quite literally feel sick to my stomach seeing that. Obviously I'm happy that everyone got out OK, but still... it's gut-wrenching to see.

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EDIT: Photo I took back in 2009 when she visited Chesapeake... what a beautiful morning that was, and what a wonderful experience it was to see her. She will be sadly missed.

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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. :(
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Bad news indeed.

All out safe thank God...

Reports are on an engine fire and emergency landing.

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

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

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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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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.



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?

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