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2013/06/16 01:38
2013/06/16 01:38
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A tribute to a weatherman's dad | John Lindsey
My father and our agrarian neighbors often spoke in “weather almanac.” They talked about average rainfall or high and low temperatures that were expected on a certain day. If it was early in the year,...
Read more at The San Luis Obispo Tribune
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John Lindsey
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2013/06/16 01:38
2013/06/16 01:38
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2013/06/15 00:21
2013/06/15 00:21
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Famed B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’ graces Teterboro Air...
North Jerseyans looking to the skies above Manhattan on Friday afternoon may have caught glimpse of something rarely seen in nearly 70 years: a B-17 “Flying Fortress” roaring over the...
Read more at The Register NorthJersey.com
Teterboro Airport
Bill Collins
Army
B-17
Air Corps
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2013/06/11 17:33
2013/06/11 17:33
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Vintage warplanes land in Coos County
NORTH BEND, Ore. -- The P-51 Mustang, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator are all here, and aside from these vintage war planes, there is excitement in the air. Jeff Eberwein is an...
Read more at KVAL Eugene
NORTH BEND
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B-24 Liberator
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P-51 Mustang
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2013/06/07 04:49
2013/06/07 04:49
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Insurance Issues Ground Collings Foundation Fligh...
Unable To Conduct Fundraising Sorties From Reno-Stead Airport The Collings Foundation is well known for offering the opportunity to fly in vintage WWII aircraft as a fundraising effort. The group...
Read more at The Aero-News Network
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2013/06/06 21:38
2013/06/06 21:38
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1 of 3 living Doolittle Raiders takes final fligh...
Doolittle Raider Lt. Col. Richard Cole, retired Air Force, will take his final flight in a B-25 bomber at Maxwell Thursday afternoon. Cole was Jimmy Doolittle's co-pilot on one of the B-25s flown...
Read more at WSFA 12 Montgomery
2013/06/06 20:29
2013/06/06 20:29
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World War II-era planes soar at Sonoma County air...
Schumard is 91 now, a retired asphalt-and-concrete contractor living in Sebastopol. As a World War II veteran, he received an especially warm welcome from the volunteers who flew the B-24 and two...
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2013/06/06 17:31
2013/06/06 17:31
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'Flying Fortress' soars in honor of vets and D-Day
KUSA - The B-17 "Flying Fortress" is back in Denver and you have an opportunity to check it out, up close and personal. Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum is celebrating the Colorado Air...
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2013/06/05 02:15
2013/06/05 02:15
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Vintage war aircraft grounded due to insurance co...
RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- An operations official with the The Collings Foundation's Wings of Freedom Tour says the Reno – Tahoe Airport Authority has forced them to cease flying their WWII...
Read more at News 4 Reno
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2013/06/04 13:18
2013/06/04 13:18
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Historic B-17 Airplane Memphis Belle lands at Tul...
TULSA - A piece of history landed in Tulsa Monday, carrying with it memories of WWII and the film industry. A B-17 Flying Fortress painted in the colors and nose art of the Memphis Belle will grace...
Read more at KJRH-TV Tulsa
2013/06/04 02:29
2013/06/04 02:29
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That was (maybe) our hottest June 1
Your daily newspaper suspects it was the hottest June 1 in Santa Rosa on record. But we couldn’t say it was because we and, more importantly, the National Weather Service, had no proof. Here’s the...
Read more at The Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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Camp Meeker
Collings Foundation
Mustang
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2013/06/01 12:29
2013/06/01 12:29
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Former WWII co-pilot steps back into aging bomber
NAMPA, Idaho — Capt. Chet Bowers served as a co-pilot aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II. But until Tuesday, he hadn't set foot in one since June 6, 1944. Now 93, Bowers and his...
Read more at The Gillette News-Record
Nampa
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2013/05/30 20:00
2013/05/30 20:00
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Public to have opportunity to ride on restored B-...
Public to have opportunity to ride on restored B-17 By Jessica Seibel During World War II, Jacob Thigpen, Jr. was a crew member on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. On Memorial Day, Thigpen, a retired...
Read more at El Dorado Times
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Liberty Foundation
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Jessica Seibel
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2013/05/28 08:56
2013/05/28 08:56
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Picture gallery: Red Arrows and Eagle Squadron wr...
Spring Air Show Picture gallery: Red Arrows and Eagle Squadron wrap up stunning Spring Air Show at Duxford AN “unprecedented” flypast by the Eagle Squadron and Red Arrows concluded Duxford’s Spring...
Read more at Royston & Buntingford Crow
Picture Gallery
Imperial War Museum
Velma
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Hawker Hurricane
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2013/05/27 10:51
2013/05/27 10:51
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Hingham veteran recalls chance meeting with broth...
Seven decades ago and 3,000 miles from home, Walter and Joseph Holmes gave “brothers in arms” a new meaning. In the spring of 1944, as the Allies were preparing for the D-Day invasion of Normandy,...
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2013/05/27 09:21
2013/05/27 09:21
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Restored World War II bomber to fly Wichita skies
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A restored World War II bomber will offer flights over Wichita next month to give passengers a sense of what veterans saw in combat more than 60 years ago. Public flights and...
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2013/05/27 00:34
2013/05/27 00:34
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Legendary B-17 takes flight in ABQ
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A vintage World War II bomber is making a stop in Albuquerque this Memorial Day weekend. The commemorative air force Arizona wing is taking civilians up in a legendary B-17...
Read more at KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque
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2013/05/26 19:20
2013/05/26 19:20
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Remembering the untimely death of former Redskin ...
Skies were clear and visibility perfect as the B-17 Flying Fortress dubbed “Vicious Virgin” took off along with 26 other bombers from their base in Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England. It was May 4,...
Read more at The Washington Times
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2013/05/26 12:31
2013/05/26 12:31
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Local History: Heads up heroism over Berlin
The B-17 Flying Fortress known as "Little Willie" took to the skies in formation with other aircraft for a raid on Berlin, March 6, 1944. The planes were over the heart of the city when Little Willie...
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2013/05/26 05:38
2013/05/26 05:38
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WWII plane crew remembered
THE HOMESICK Angel, a B-17 Flying Fortress, was shot down over France seven decades ago this year, resulting in the death of nine crew members, including a former Brookside resident. It was the first...
Read more at The Times Leader
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Bill Waters
Memorial Day
COLUMBUS
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2013/05/25 16:00
2013/05/25 16:00
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Beware the bomb bay
I have never considered myself an adventurous person. I favor turn signals, never go anywhere without a map and a cell phone, and I've made it all the way to 23 without taking candy from a...
Read more at Pleasanton Weekly
Kevin Ryan
Collings Foundation
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P-51 Mustang
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