30 Year B-17 Restoration

[Stearmen]

Here is dedication, over 30 years and counting. I remember telling people it would take 10 or more years to rebuild a WWII fighter, they would say, "ten years?" I would respond, how old are you going to be in a decade if you don't rebuild it? How old will you be in a decade if you do rebuild it? Wish I had the money back then, I would be flying one for a decade now! [video=youtube;jCfNpE42sYQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=469&v=jCfNpE42sYQ[/video]

 

[filfoster]

I can't imagine finding the labor, parts, place or bankroll for a project like that, outside of our Smithsonian or the AF Museum at Wright-Patt, and I'm sure they're stretched thin for money too.

 

[p51]

Paul Allen from Microsoft has one of the largest private collections of warplanes in the US. He owns a rare E-model B-17 (41-9210), which was flown to a place north of Seattle in 1999. Photos were taken once the paint was stripped off, it was rolled into a hangar...
...and it hasn't been seen since.
I've been told that the people working on it are totally sworn to secrecy.

 

[filfoster]

Paul Allen from Microsoft has one of the largest private collections of warplanes in the US. He owns a rare E-model B-17 (41-9210), which was flown to a place north of Seattle in 1999. Photos were taken once the paint was stripped off, it was rolled into a hangar...
...and it hasn't been seen since.
I've been told that the people working on it are totally sworn to secrecy.

This is why bomb-throwers against capitalism should re-think their positions: what a wonderful way to spend money! I hope the results will be worth it.

 

[Otter]

Might have been quicker and cheaper to get Boeing to reopen the lines for a limited run !