TEMAC Tickler #86, Wings of Freedom Tour! 2/16/12

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### Posted Sept, 2015 in memory of Jack Higgins ###
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Yesterday I went to the Collings Foundation "Wings of Freedom" exhibition. We got to the Leesburg airport early and saw and heard the B-17, B24 and TP-51C landing. What a wonderful sound.

https://www.google.com/search?client=gmail&rls=gm&q=collingsfoundation.org

The Mustang is the only dual control flying and it's an early "C" model.

I climbed aboard the B-24. It's big on the outside but small on the inside. I tried to walk a catwalk through bomb bay to the front but could not make it. I had to bale and so did my cousin. They must have been awfully slim 20 year olds flying these. These planes were built to have a very short life span and here they are some 68 years later and they are maintained in better shape than during their service life.


Jack.