Hi All,
For anybody interested about the ‘Liberty Bell’ accident
and the story http://http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/the-real-story-about-the-b-17-liberty-belle-accident-13-june-2011.html
Geoff.:D
By: T-21 - 24th July 2013 at 08:28
With the fire starting in the wing I would have thought the FAA,CAA would be looking at the cause pretty quick to assist other B-17 operators ?
By: J Boyle - 24th July 2013 at 02:31
I thought they had the former Labrador lake recovery machine underway!
They do. Different project.
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd July 2013 at 23:06
My bad, the F-BEEA chunks (specifically inner wing sections) are with California Air Heritage Foundation’s B-17F project.
More details on both (and much more) in the June update of B-17 News…
By: Bomberboy - 23rd July 2013 at 22:11
and large chunks of ex-Binbrook crash F-BEFA
Hmmmm? I’m just trying to think what was not destroyed or burnt on F-BEEA that is any more useful than what was left of LB?
By: David Burke - 23rd July 2013 at 21:30
I thought they had the former Labrador lake recovery machine underway!
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd July 2013 at 21:23
With the smiley face i thought you were going to say it had been rebuilt to fly.I thought they were going to get another one flying or am i thinking of something else?
They are currently renting N3703G ‘Memphis Belle’, while work continues gathering parts to rebuild Liberty Belle. Including center/forward fuselage of ex-12’o’clock High film prop 44-83387 and large chunks of ex-Binbrook crash F-BEFA
By: 1batfastard - 23rd July 2013 at 20:03
With the smiley face i thought you were going to say it had been rebuilt to fly.I thought they were going to get another one flying or am i thinking of something else?
When you said ‘update’ I was expecting to see a link to the NTSB ‘Probable Cause’ report. This is just a re-hash of 2-year old footage and tells us nothing we didn’t already know.
The article has appeared on the war history site so I thought I would post it for other not up to date members on the other hand if you would like a more up to date info try this link http://http://www.libertyfoundation.org/index.html
or their Facebook page
http://https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Liberty-Foundation/372963016719
Geoff.:D
By: Mike J - 23rd July 2013 at 18:45
When you said ‘update’ I was expecting to see a link to the NTSB ‘Probable Cause’ report. This is just a re-hash of 2-year old footage and tells us nothing we didn’t already know.
By: trumper - 23rd July 2013 at 18:42
With the smiley face i thought you were going to say it had been rebuilt to fly.I thought they were going to get another one flying or am i thinking of something else?
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