B-17 Sally B grounded

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2005 7:24 pm

Two of my buddies and I went to Watsonville Airport (CA) to see Fuddy Duddy, on the EAA tour. It was nice to see it here on the west coast for the first time in ? We took it for granted, how quickly that could change.........

CorsairFreak · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2005 7:42 pm

Ya I say Aluminum Overcast a while ago. A couple of months later heard about it's mishap. Good thing Aluminum Overcast was fixed, but you never know when it is the last time your gonna see a plane before it crashes or is grounded.

Roger Cain · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2005 7:45 pm

Actually, aluminum Overcast is still being repaired as I understand it, so the EAA has been loaned the Wings Of Eagles Museums B-17 (Fuddy Duddy) to tour with.

CorsairFreak · **Posted:** Sun May 08, 2005 9:09 pm

I thought I heard that they had fixed it.

Either way, it will fly again.

HarvardIV · **Joined:** Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:08 pm **Posts:** 1437

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Good thing Aluminum Overcast was fixed, but you never know when it is the last time your gonna see a plane before it crashes or is grounded.

Corsairfreak, I don't think you mean't to say crashes did you? Planes don't crash too often. My dad's had the same plane for 35 years, and he flies it 300hr/year.

JohnH · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 5:38 am

CorsairFreak wrote:

Ya I say Aluminum Overcast a while ago. A couple of months later heard about it's mishap. Good thing Aluminum Overcast was fixed, but you never know when it is the last time your gonna see a plane before it crashes or is grounded.

I remember writing to an editor almost these exact words almost 15 years ago to the day, a few days after the Red Knight's crash. I agree.

John

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