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A B-17 flew over my house a while back headed southeast.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:06 pm
Awesome sight and sound. 
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Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:11 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Heard him flying overhead when I got home this evening. Those old engines sounded great.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:14 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
I think it was a b-17 my grandfather flew in WW2. He told us when we were young that there were no bathrooms aboard so he took shits in the bombs they were dropping on the Germans.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:16 pm to athenslife101
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Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:23 pm to The Baker
Air show in lake Charles this weekend!
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:26 pm to athenslife101
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I think it was a b-17 my grandfather flew in WW2. He told us when we were young that there were no bathrooms aboard so he took shits in the bombs they were dropping on the Germans.
I have made several trips on a C-130 and was telling my Dad, a WW2 vet, about my "adventures" and that our only bathroom was basically a port-a-potty. My Dad, who flew all over the Pacific in a C-47, said the only bathroom they had was their steel pot helmets and when they finished their business, threw their funk out the door.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:26 pm to thejudge
At Lakefront Airport in New Orleans this weekend.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:27 pm to thejudge
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Air show in lake Charles this weekend!
If he was flying southeast he ain't gonna make it to Lake Chuck. I think there's something at Lakefront Airport this weekend.
I'm going way back, but does anybody remember when the Confederate Air Force used to do the fly-overs at Tiger Stadium in the mid-70's? I remember one year a P-47, F4U, and a P-38 did the stadium fly-over. The P-38 crashed the next day at an airshow in Lafayette; the pilot was killed and the plane "The Scatterbrain Kid" was heavily damaged.
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This post was edited on 10/21/15 at 8:33 pm
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:30 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Sponsored by the World War II Museum.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:31 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Got ya. Wasnt sure where u were from. There is one here. Have quite a few planes coming down.
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:40 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I'm going way back, but does anybody remember when the Confederate Air Force used to do the fly-overs at Tiger Stadium in the mid-70's?
We say Commemorative Air Force now.
Check your privilege
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:42 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Awesome sight and sound.
Now imagine the sound of hundreds of them at a time, clouding the sky like a bunch of geese or ducks.
One of my uncles (I had 7 who served in WWII) was a top turret gunner / flight engineer on a B-17. I can only imagine what he went through.
Rest in peace, Uncle Clovis.
LC
Posted on 10/21/15 at 8:44 pm to RedPop4
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Lakefront Airport in New Orleans this weekend.
Going to check them out on Friday.
Eta: I think they're going to have a B-29 Superfortress there, too.
This post was edited on 10/21/15 at 8:47 pm
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