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  • #1

    RIP "Liberty Belle"

    The Liberty Belle, a vintage WW-II B-17 Flying Fortress bomber went down today outside of Aurora, Illinois while making an appearance at an air show. Shortly after takeoff she developed a fire, early reports say in engine #3, and crash-landed in a field.

    All 7 passengers & crew survived with just 1 minor injury. Liberty Belle herself wasn't so lucky - her fuselage from the cockpit to in front of her tail and the mid sections of her wings were destroyed.

    It's enough to make an air history buff cry

    In her better days -


    Today -
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 13 June 2011, 15:37.
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    Great to hear the crew was ok...

    It is a shame, but no doubt people will restore her to her full glory... My heart also weeps a little everytime I see the old Dakota DC-3 on the grass at the airfield at my home town: no engines, broken windows, the construction of the wings showing... A Dutch group that restored a DC-3 has expressed some interest some years ago, and from what I gather they are still considering this one.
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    • #3
      Oh geez. I've seen Liberty Belle more than once and I've always loved the B-17s.
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      • #4
        Saw it tonite on TV. Pity. Nice plane. Maybe some of the engines can be salvaged as spares and a bit of the tail.
        paulw

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        • #5
          I used to like to fly this plane

          In Fighter Ace that is...
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          • #6
            I hope some engineer fans with too much time and money on their hands will decide to build a replica one day.
            People have been doing crazy stuff before..
            Build Your Own Harrier Jump Jet!
            http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/diy-flying/how-to-restore-a-harrier-jump-jet
            Art Nalls, a former Marine test pilot, enlisted a gang of volunteer wrenchers to breath new life into a 31-year-old decommissioned Sea Harrier jump jetand it gladly returned the favor.

            Build Your Own Harrier Jump Jet!
            http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/diy-flying/restoring-a-harrier-jump-jet-step-by-step-photos#fbIndex1
            Here, in pictures, former Marine test pilot Art Nalls shows how he and a gang of volunteer wrenchers breathed new life into a 31-year-old decommissioned Sea Harrier jump jet.
            "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

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