{"id":3096,"date":"2012-04-30T10:03:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T17:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/?p=3096"},"modified":"2012-06-24T21:39:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T21:39:47","slug":"b-17-the-flying-fortress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icalltheshot.com\/?p=3096","title":{"rendered":"B-17 &#8211; The Flying Fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">What a weekend for us to remember.\u00a0 We were blessed to get to a chance to fly in this plane along the beautiful coast of So Cal on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-768\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3097\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/1.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The forward fuselage and the # 3 engine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-769\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3098\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/2.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">We were really looking forward to taking flight in this Flying Fortress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-770\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/3.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-771\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3102\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3102\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/4.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-772\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3104\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3104\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/5.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The &#8220;Nine O Nine&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-773\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3105\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3105\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/7.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Quite a crowd gathered to watch the planes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-774\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3106\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/8.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Here she is racing down the runway for takeoff!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-775\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3107\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3107\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/9.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">We arrived a couple of hours before our flight such that we could watch the mighty\u00a0 take flight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-776\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3108\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/10.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Here&#8217;s the P-51 Mustang AKA &#8220;Betty Jane&#8221; speeding for takeoff!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-777\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3109\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3109\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/11.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Hey Betty Jane!\u00a0 Nice of you to flyby!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-778\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3110\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3110\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/12.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I had the privilege of visiting with this retired pilot of the B-24.\u00a0 He was stationed in Africa, then England and flying the B-24 at the early age of 22.\u00a0 His daughter brought him out to watch his baby fly.\u00a0 This warmed my heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Note:\u00a0 This is the only restored flying B-24 in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/13-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3111\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3111\" title=\"13\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/13.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The B-24<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-779\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3112\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3112\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/14.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">B &#8211; 24 &#8211; The &#8220;Big Guns&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-780\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3113\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3113\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/15.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">B-24 &#8211; Heading for the runway!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-781\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3114\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3114\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/16.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Look OUT!\u00a0 Incoming B &#8211; 17!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-782\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3115\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/17.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Here we are (hubby and his buddy from work) getting ready to board!\u00a0 There were a total of 8 passengers on our flight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-783\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3116\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3116\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/18.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Fasten those seat-belts!\u00a0 We&#8217;re in for the ride of our lives!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-784\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3117\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3117\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/19.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">All set.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-785\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3118\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3118\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/20.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I&#8217;m ready as ever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/20a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3119\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3119\" title=\"20a\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/20a.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Earplugs going in.\u00a0 Thanks to hubby&#8217;s buddy for bringing some for us too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-786\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3120\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3120\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/21.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The crew &#8220;up front&#8221; giving the hand-signal that it&#8217;s time to get up off the floor and explore!\u00a0 Woo Hoo, let&#8217;s go!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-787\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3121\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/22.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The Port Waist Gun &#8211; My seat (on the floor) was just below this terminator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-788\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3122\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3122\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/23.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Starboard Waist Gun<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-789\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3123\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/23a.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">My hubby on &#8220;The Catwalk&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-790\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3124\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/24.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Our Pilot and Co-Pilot at the Controls<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/25-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3125\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3125\" title=\"25\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/25.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">We crawled down below the pilots and into the Nose Turret!\u00a0 That&#8217;s the Bombadier&#8217;s Seat.\u00a0 This was the place to be!\u00a0 I even got a kiss in here.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I tried to imagine what it must have been like to be in one of these planes fighting for freedom and our lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-791\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3126\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3126\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/26.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Nose Turret, Gun and Ammo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-792\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3127\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3127\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/27.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Nose Turret Ammo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-793\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3129\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/28.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The view was simply amazing up here!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-794\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3130\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3130\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/29.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Hubby sitting in the Bombadier&#8217;s Seat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-795\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3131\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Engines<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-796\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3132\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/31.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Horizontal Bombs in vertical racks &#8211; I don&#8217;t want a piece of you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-797\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3133\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/32.jpg?w=332\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Having the Best Bad Hair Day of my life!\u00a0 In the Upper Turret.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/attachment\/33\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3134\" title=\"33\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/33.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Hubby has the Starboard Waist Gun under control!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-798\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3135\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/34.jpg?w=332\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">His buddy gives hubby a rest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/attachment\/35\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3136\" title=\"35\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/35.jpg?w=299\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Got Ammo?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-799\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3137\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/36.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Ammo, got ya covered!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-801\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3140\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/38.jpg?w=332\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Port Waist Gun &#8211; Heading back to the airport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-800\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3139\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3139\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/37.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">What a treat!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/attachment\/39\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3141\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3141\" title=\"39\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/39.jpg?w=359\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">We truly had the time of our lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-802\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3142\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3142\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/40.jpg?w=332\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">A silhouette of hubby taking a picture of the B-17 after we landed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-803\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3143\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3143\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/41.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">What an amazing day, a day we will never forget.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/30\/b-17-the-flying-fortress\/sony-dsc-804\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3144\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3144\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/icalltheshot.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/42.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">There aren&#8217;t enough words or pictures to express the high we were all on long after this flight.\u00a0\u00a0 Let&#8217;s just say, we hope to do this again one day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Blessings &#8211; Debbie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a weekend for us to remember.\u00a0 We were blessed to get to a chance to fly in this plane along the beautiful coast of So Cal on Saturday afternoon. The forward fuselage and the # 3 engine. 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