B25 and B17 over Arizona

[soon 2 retire]

This is a cool video of two old war birds. I hope you haven't seen it.

http://vimeo.com/18135369

Bob in NE Indiana

[kimwcook]

Cool. Neat to see that B17 flying through the Arizona mountains.

[J Miller]

I've done several walk throughs of the Sentimental Journey over the years. She's my favorite B-17.
Some day I want to take a flight in her. After I get rid of this blubber.

Joe

[Sixgun]

Cool flick---A buddy of mine took a ride in one of those two years age---flying out of the Wilmington, de. airport. I believe it was him , his wife and several other of their friends. Cost them $400 a piece for about a 30 minute ride. A ride in a P-51 Mustang was $800 and thats his next planned outing.

[Mescalero]

Joe may be able to confirm this, but if you hang around Falcon field on the weekends, you will see those and more.

[C. Cash]

Mescalero,
You really have to check their schedule....many of the aircraft are on tour during the Summer. I was there with my boy a few years ago in the summer and they were almost all gone.

[Mescalero]

I was buzzed by a low flying B17 while driving on the new 202.

[RIHMFIRE]

very cool

[Aussie Chris]

Awesome! Shame there is no sound of those sweet radial engines though.

I saw Sentimental Journey in '97 over there with the family, I was twelve. Sat in Fifi the B-29 too, so cool for a 12 year old!

It was called the confederate Airforce then, in Midland Texas

Chris

[J Miller]

I first saw the Sentimental Journey at Dear Valley Air Port in north Phoenix many many summers ago. She was still un-restored having just been retired from being a slurry bomber. Two or three walk throughs since and she always looks better.

Every time I was in Mesa I'd try to swing by the Falcon Field. I never saw Sentimental Journey on the ground. She was always off on tour somewhere.


Joe

[Lefty Dude]

In the mid to late 1980's Falcon Field received the new control tower you see in the pix. The Company I worked for at the time got the contract to install the Communication Systems & Security in the new Tower.

One Morning early, I met with the other Contractors on top of the Tower before the Cab was installed.
At the end of the Run-way we heard a plane reving for take-off. The General Contractor in Charge of the Project told us it was General Chuck Yeager doing a flight check on a P-51.

I had a birds eye view as he lifted off the run way, at the end of the run way he stood the P-51 on it's tail and barrel rolled out of sight.

What a thrill that day was for me.

[C. Cash]

I first saw the Sentimental Journey at Dear Valley Air Port in north Phoenix many many summers ago. She was still un-restored having just been retired from being a slurry bomber. Two or three walk throughs since and she always looks better.

Every time I was in Mesa I'd try to swing by the Falcon Field. I never saw Sentimental Journey on the ground. She was always off on tour somewhere.


Joe

She was a hard looking plane back in the mid 70's at Falcon Field...used hard and tired. I would walk around it as a wee spud and fly a good number of missions in my mind....still smell the grease. There was a B-25 right next to it, some Super Connies used for slurry bombing(one of which crashed there), some old Sikorsky's and a bunch of crop dusters on that end of the field. Who knows, we may have walked past each other at some point Joe.

[20cows]

I got to go aboard the Sentimental Journey in 1977, while in high school. One of my classmates, who ultimately became a commercial pilot, got to fly it.

[gamekeeper]

Cool, thanks for sharing.

[gak]

A little over a year ago I drove over to the CAF museum at Falcon Field for the first time in a decade, on the off chance I'd be able to catch Sentimental Journey. Failing thatI'd still enjoy the planes they had there (they were starting up a restored Navy WWII trainer for a ride for one thing). I hadn't checked ahead, so it was all on a lark. Sure enough, I was in luck. Just as I drove in, I barely caught her coming in, taxiing and coming into the CAF museum area. She was not taking visitors that day, but was just coming in from a show in California for a quick check and refuel before taking off again eastbound to go to another show. So, only got a 100 ft viewing (and hearing!) for twenty minutes or so - but what a thrill...and what timing! I think my late father guided her in just for me that day!

[pdentrem]

Anything that flies is great to watch.

[don Tomás]

Amazing the way the video was shot, almost looked like one of those computer generated animations. Thanks for the link!