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Galileo126

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2. Holy moley! Whatta'n awesome plane!

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Original post)

Fri May 27, 2016, 01:24 PM

May 2016

And to think, that bird was wasting away just 50 miles from my house...

Very glad to see it was restored. One of these days, I will fly in a B-17, B-29 or a DC-3/C-47.

Some day...

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Awesome, she looks beautiful Duckhunter935 May 2016 #1

Holy moley! Whatta'n awesome plane! Galileo126 May 2016 #2

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If I was a machine, maybe somebody could rebuild me! hunter May 2016 #3

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