Airshow

My house (and most of South St. Louis) is in the flight path of the airshow over the arch. I didn't know when it was starting, so I looked up to an approaching rumble expecting the usual helicopter, and saw this beautiful beast The B17 called Aluminum Overcast. One of 13 (out of 12k manufactured) still flightworthy, and one of TWO in civilian hands. Simply awesome.

It was flanked by these guys The Aeroshell acrobatic team, flying AT-6 Texans.

And followed by An F4U Corsair

AMERICA!!

old warbirds... luv it

I lived In St. Louis (south county) from 1966 to 1970. It seems we always saw jets shooting by or heard sonic booms.

alex wrote: And followed by An F4U Corsair AMERICA!!

Ah, the old Checkerboards. I was stationed at MCAS Beaufort SC where the 312 squadron is. They flew these while I was there.

Nice to see their livery goes back to the Corsairs

Datsun310Guy wrote: I lived In St. Louis (south county) from 1966 to 1970. It seems we always saw jets shooting by or heard sonic booms.

Because McDonnel/Douglas.

America, berkeley yeah!

Duke wrote:

Datsun310Guy wrote: I lived In St. Louis (south county) from 1966 to 1970. It seems we always saw jets shooting by or heard sonic booms.

Because McDonnel/Douglas.

Yep. McD (now Boeing), Scott AFB over by Belleville and they stage some Air National Guard fighters out of Lambert. Busy place for military air traffic, which is kind of cool.

Except for the humidity I like St. Louis.

Short wing Pipers came to our local airport for a weekend hang out & BBQ.

Cool little planes.

http://www.shortwingpiperclub.org/

Wonder if that's a Colt or a converted Tri-Pacer?

alex wrote: The B17 called Aluminum Overcast. One of 13 (out of 12k manufactured) still flightworthy, and one of TWO in civilian hands. Simply awesome.

The other one being the one owned by the Collings Foundation?

I've walked through / sat in Aluminum Overcast.

Shawn

Ive walked through one of the flying B-17s can't remember which one. It was about 20 years ago.

"Chuckie" lives right down the road from me, although I understand it was recently sold.

Gotta tell you, that B17 is an impressive sight from below. At a different place and time in history, seeing that thing pass overhead flying low would have been the last thing I saw. Sobering thought.

Anyone near North Eastern Illinois can help put the second oldest surviving B-17 back to airworthiness.

B-17E Desert Rat

IIRC, the Texas Raiders B17 is owned by the Commemorative Air Force (originally the Confederate Air Force in pre-PC days).

In reply to slantvaliant:

I'd bet dollars to donuts thats the plane I walked through. It was at an airshow in Houston Texas.