B-17 flying over my shop.
Posted by reallyreallycoolyo@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 33 comments
Here is a great video of a B-17 flying fortress flying over the shop I work at. Such a beautiful plane!
Weary_Warrior@reddit
Lucky you!
Blurockcreek@reddit
Thanks for that!
reallyreallycoolyo@reddit (OP)
No problem! Here's a bonus photo!
No-Solid9108@reddit
You would have been dead .
tuddrussell2@reddit
Sentimental Journey. You hear her coming way before you see her and the sound is glorious.
CattleDogCurmudgeon@reddit
Now just imagine 300 of them 30,000 ft up and with their bomb bay doors open.
reallyreallycoolyo@reddit (OP)
Here is a good picture of the bomb bay. Im a pretty small guy and passing though the bay was still a tight squeeze!
reallyreallycoolyo@reddit (OP)
Thats her!
Aggressive_Let2085@reddit
I was just at PDK Saturday and saw her there and took a tour inside. Very very cramped lol
tuddrussell2@reddit
I have been through her before too and I cannot imagine the crew wearing cold weather gear and a chute walking to the back of the plane over the bomb bay 'bridge' that is barely wide enough for a person NOT wearing any gear.
m149@reddit
such a fantastic sound.
robo-dragon@reddit
What a beautiful sound and plane!
Itaintall@reddit
Install an 88mm gun
dropnose45@reddit
One like is not enough
Hardcore1909@reddit
Hehehe, i had that in Duxford, parked the car and heard it swell and swell and then very low went riiiight over our heads...extreme🤩💪
No-Fox-365@reddit
WRONG, clearly that is an 8th generation stealth fighter! Amateur hehe
PilotBurner44@reddit
There's a war on, don't you know.
Role-Business@reddit
~85 years young.
Mderose@reddit
Great looking bird! I wish I could find a ride on a B-24, to see what my grandfather talked about.
reallyreallycoolyo@reddit (OP)
They didn't have a B-24, but here is a nice picture of a B-25!
PhoenixSpeed97@reddit
Eeeeeyyyyyyy
TheAgedProfessor@reddit
Were you two standing on top of each other?? Lol
PhoenixSpeed97@reddit
Lmao
Mderose@reddit
That's a nice one too! I love the old warbirds!
TheAgedProfessor@reddit
I still remember the B-17 that sat on top of the Bomber gas station in Portland... back when they literally were a dime a dozen. It obviously wasn't flying, but was still thrilling to see... as the attendants pumped your gas.
Now she's been taken back down south to be restored. I should check up on their progress one of these days.
Inner-Monitor9261@reddit
That’s oneSounds like the shop just got a flyover upgrade nothing like a B‑17 to make your day feel cinematic
PhoenixSpeed97@reddit
I had a feeling it was familiar. I'm guessing on its way to the next tour stop
AliceInPlunderland@reddit
She is currently at QTF for repairs to #3 engine, but will be on her way again soon.
ClosedL00p@reddit
God those radials sound so good
NoDoze-@reddit
Every time I see one of these, and hear it, I can't imagine how hundreds of them in the sky would sound like.
ttystikk@reddit
The sound of those engines gives me chills...
Nice clip!
reallyreallycoolyo@reddit (OP)
I am the original poster. I took this video outside my shop in alAtlanta
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