Memphis Belle taking off...

[jschare]

The Memphis Belle was in Cincinnati, Ohio today. Here's a video of it taking off from Lunken Airport. Sorry the video isn't any better. Click on the pic and it will run the video.

 

[dujardin]

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[shedonwanna]

The original Memphis Belle is under restoration at the Air Force Museum in Dayton. The B-17 seen on tour is a B-17G painted to appear as the Memphis Belle and is owned by the Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation of Chino, California (may have a different owner/name by now). The original Memphis Belle was a B-17F model.

 

[Peter Graham]

The original Memphis Belle was a B-17F model.

I don't think there are any airworthy B-17F's left, are there ?

 

[Roughwear]

http://bomberflight.info/links_pages/li ... worthy.htm

 

[dmar836]

Cool! L and R runways?

 

[jschare]

The original Memphis Belle is under restoration at the Air Force Museum in Dayton. The B-17 seen on tour is a B-17G painted to appear as the Memphis Belle and is owned by the Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation of Chino, California (may have a different owner/name by now). The original Memphis Belle was a B-17F model.

Correct. That was explained. Here's the link to The Liberty Foundation. They own this aircraft.

http://www.libertyfoundation.org/schedule.html

 

[MikeyB-17]

Boeing Bee, owned by the Museum of Flight in Seattle, is airworthy but currently in storage, unknown if it'll fly again.

 

[Stony]

Boeing Bee, owned by the Museum of Flight in Seattle, is airworthy but currently in storage, unknown if it'll fly again.

It's been on display at the Museum of Flight for about a year and will probably never fly again. I saw her yesterday.

 

[shedonwanna]

Boeing Bee, owned by the Museum of Flight in Seattle, is airworthy but currently in storage, unknown if it'll fly again.

It's been on display at the Museum of Flight for about a year and will probably never fly again. I saw her yesterday.

The 388th Bomb Group held a reunion there several years ago and the Boeing Bee was on static display outside. They allowed the veterans and families to climb aboard and enjoy the afternoon around and in the aircraft. One of the best restorations we had seen. Is she still outdoors?

 

[Stony]

[quoteThe 388th Bomb Group held a reunion there several years ago and the Boeing Bee was on static display outside. They allowed the veterans and families to climb aboard and enjoy the afternoon around and in the aircraft. One of the best restorations we had seen. Is she still outdoors?][/quote]

She is currently located on the grass berm immediately east of the museum. She was in restoration at Plant 2 at Boeing just down the street from the museum from about 2000-2010 along with the B-29 that they are restoring.

 

[HackerF15E]

She is currently located on the grass berm immediately east of the museum. She was in restoration at Plant 2 at Boeing just down the street from the museum from about 2000-2010 along with the B-29 that they are restoring.

And being restored over in Renton for a decade prior to that, too.