Originally Posted by W7ACT
Kind of off Subject but I remember climbing all over this plane on old E US99 south of Portland,OR. My Aunt and Uncle owned a Motel alittle south of the gas station.

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yeah Archie.. that is a B17.. everytime I am up in Portland, I always swing by there just to look at it...they have been trying to restore it for years...

the cockpit and nose have been off of it for years now....

I still just walk around it and my mind goes to thoughts of what life was like for the crews who flew them into combat...

according to the info posted around there, that gas station was one of the highest volume gas stations in the USA in the late 60s and early 1970s... so I guess the B17 on pylons over head really brought in the customers...

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