Liberty Belle to tour East Anglia today

Nice shots there Chris thank you for posting. 😎

James

Bit longer story of the day here:

http://www.vimeo.com/1316282

Many thanks for the link… excellent 😀
and many thanks to Yak for posting lovely pics 😀

Liberty Belle

Great shots – thanks for posting Chris – had a feeling you guys might fly alongside her – she looks lovely over that pretty countryside

Janie looks great as ever

Ron

Great Shots, Thanks for sharing them. Very emotive. Would have loved to be up there too!

Awesome photos. What a great event, showing true British & American spirit and comradeship, while honouring the past.

Took a trip out today to take a look at the Belle.

Nice Shots Chris! Not a shiny Chip Cart in sight either….:)

Please don’t ‘quote’ huge wodges of images when they are just a few posts above (However fantastic they are!)

Yes, that is Bentwaters.

Great shots, thanks for posting them.
Particularly love the colours of this ‘Fort’, and ‘Janie’ is looking lovely as ever, a few months later and ‘Marinell’ could have joined in.
Was that Bentwaters in shot number 7?

Took a trip out today to take a look at the Belle.

Lent my camera to Robin who was riding in the back of the Mustang

Finally a pic of my chariot for the day.

Pete, that was me.

ah ha, the penny just dropped…:D Yes, I can still be a bit slow on the uptake… :rolleyes:

Piper Aztec

We had a nice fly past here at Wattisham this afternoon. LB had a modern twin in close formation with her, which I assume was some sort of camera ship.

What really annoyed me, and it may have been TV editing, I don’t know, but when I watched the BBC coverage of LB landing the other day, someone was pointing out to Don Brooks and Co where the restaurants were at DX, nice one, you fly all that way and you’re expected to pay for your own lunch and queu with everyone else, wierd.

Pete, that was me. They asked, I answered, in fun. In the tower were snacks and a welcoming cake as they were not stopping. Ask first, criticise with knowledge.

I do get rather tired with the “holier than thou” attitude of folk on this forum who always knock the media coverage of an event like this. I thought the piece on “Look East” last night was well-balanced and appropriate for what to the general public is just another old aeroplane. Lighten up folks and be grateful for whatever coverage it gets.

Mentioned this on a another board & someone asked if there were any plans to visit some German airfields just to remind em…:cool::D:D:diablo::dev2:

I have it on good authority, that some very famous german names have already received a ‘visit’.

Bomberboy

According to the TFC Blog, the Belle will be flying out from Duxford shortly to overfly Lavenham, Thorpe Abbots, Horham and Framlingham, no doubt a few others will be added to the list as well, well some of them virtually touch each other in this part of the world.

Mentioned this on a another board & someone asked if there were any plans to visit some German airfields just to remind em…:cool::D:D:diablo::dev2:

Lovely evocative shot there with the old tower MFERR, well done for doing something a bit different. In black and white it would look just like those WWII airfield shots.

It was our blog, and it was a joke about MacD’s being available over here 😉

The reception the guys in Belle got at Bentwaters was pretty special, when I have had a chance to edit the video of today I think you will see that. A very special day for all.

I apologise, I thought there was something odd about it, I’ve seen the initial video of the events at Bentwaters, what a day, I think that Don is a very special person, I look forward to possibly meeting him over the weekend.
I’d like to hear a bit of feedback from Jules Horowitz on these events, c’mon matey, what do you think.

Whilst “working from home” have just been watching a large silver bird circling the tower at Parham – brilliant. Quite emotional really – left me a bit speechless, in the same way that the BBMF does sometimes.
Many thanks to BeaufighterV1 and TFC blogspot for heads up. It would be interesting to hear what Don Brooks’ thoughts are about the reception they’ve had in the UK so far, as it appears a little low key at times. I’m sure that will all change at the w/e

I agree, I got very emotional seeing her arrive at DX last week, I was very tearful in fact, but is it because some of us have had close family ties with people who put their lives on the line in those days, everyone must have a family member who did.
Unfortunately the media is obsessed with house and petrol prices at the moment, you can’t blame them, life is a bitch, it’s events like this that should be promoted in order to give us a bit of pleasure.
I spoke to my son on his mobile today, he’s picking weeds in a field near DX, he was overcome at seeing the Belle fly over him this morning, thats just a typical youth, well, maybe not, I doubt whether any of his mates have been inside a B-17 as he has, probably can’t even remember it though, but something stirred inside him all the same.
What really annoyed me, and it may have been TV editing, I don’t know, but when I watched the BBC coverage of LB landing the other day, someone was pointing out to Don Brooks and Co where the restaurants were at DX, nice one, you fly all that way and you’re expected to pay for your own lunch and queu with everyone else, wierd.

Whilst “working from home” have just been watching a large silver bird circling the tower at Parham – brilliant. Quite emotional really – left me a bit speechless, in the same way that the BBMF does sometimes.
Many thanks to BeaufighterV1 and TFC blogspot for heads up. It would be interesting to hear what Don Brooks’ thoughts are about the reception they’ve had in the UK so far, as it appears a little low key at times. I’m sure that will all change at the w/e