BRAVE WINGS OF WARTIME WWII-ERA BOMBER TOUCHES DOWN.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - A flying piece of history rumbled into Lancaster's Fox Field on Monday. A World War II-era B-17G bomber bomber Military aircraft designed to drop bombs on surface targets. Aerial bombardment can be traced to the Italo-Turkish War (1911), in which an Italian pilot dropped grenades on two Turkish targets. owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association is in Lancaster for two days of sightseeing flights and tours. On a six-state tour, the plane will spend the weekend at Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. . Named Aluminum Overcast, the plane never saw combat but carries the markings of the 398th Bomb Group and of a B-17 shot down over France in August 1944. The public may climb through the plane on the ground from 2 to 6 p.m. today and Wednesday. Cost is $10 for a family, $6 for an adult, $5 for a student and free for World War II veterans and any child under age 8 accompanied by an adult. Flights also may be booked for at least six at a time. Pre-booked flights are $359 for Experimental Aircraft Association members or $399 for nonmembers. Bookings made after the plane has arrived cost $385 for members and $425 for nonmembers. The plane will leave at about noon Thursday from Fox Field, 4555 W. Ave. G, and will move to Van Nuys for flights and display Friday, Saturday and Sunday. surrendered. It was sold as surplus in 1946, and a preservation group purchased it in 1978. The plane was donated to the EAA EAA Experimental Aircraft Association EAA European Aluminium Association (Brussels, Belgium) EAA European Acoustics Association EAA Export Administration Act EAA Everglades Agricultural Area EAA European Association of Archaeologists Aviation Foundation in 1981 under the provision it be maintained in airworthy air·wor·thy adj. air·wor·thi·er, air·wor·thi·est Being in fit condition to fly: an airworthy helicopter; airworthy avionics. condition. To book a flight, call (800) 359-6217. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV edition only) Gary Aldrich Gary Aldrich is a former FBI agent and author from Amsterdam, New York.Born May, 22, 1945 in Amsterdam, NY. His wife is Nina, she is an ex-FBI agent, they have 3 children. He went to Miami Dade College. , above left, and Joudi Alsaa enjoy a ride in Aluminum Overcast, the WWII-era B-17 offering sightseeing trips on its six-state Keep it Flying Tour now at Fox Field. At top, pilots Bob Davis
(3 -- ran in AV edition only) Aluminum Overcast never saw combat but carries the markings of the 398th Bomb Group and of a B-17 shot down over France in August 1944. To book a flight, call (800) 359-6217. (4 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) no caption (Aluminum Overcast) Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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