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2012-06 Collings Foundation B-17G "Nine O Nine" KPAE Visit

by AvgeekJoe

The Collings Foundation B-17G "Nine O Nine" came to visit Paine Field. Here are pics of that visit... including a ride.

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One B-17 just touched down...
Leaving behind a nice plume of rubber...
I don't know who's hotter...
Boeing Behemoths Old and New...
Just One Year Ago...
"Nine O Nine" Safely at Paine Field...
Me on the Future of Flight Skydeck...
A great Boeing composition...
Nine O Nine Getting Ready to Sortie...
B-17 Panorama in FZ40 Sillhouete Mode
AvgeekJoe posing in front of Nine O Nine...
Zoom on my Boeing T-Shirt...
Peering out under the B-17 elevator at KPAE
Arcing out over Mukilteo...
A Widescreen Across Puget Sound...
Mount Rainier and Paine Field...
Paine Field and the Promise of Tomorrow...
A .50 cal gun stands ready
That's one nice R-1820-97 engine...
Top of the B-17's Ball Turret...
Entering Kitsap County Airspace...
Coming around Puget Sound
A Bomber's Bombs
B-17G Modern Cockpit Panorama
2,800 Feet & 290 Indicated Knots
Me in the nose of a B-17G...
About to Cross the Walkway of Death: Boeing Edition...
Mount Rainier out the "Nine O Nine" open rear hatch...
Moments from taxi...
Collings Foundation B-17G "Nine O Nine" taxiing ahead of the Historic Flight Foundation's B-25 "Grumpy"
NINE O NINE ON THE TAXIWAY
TAILWHEEL UP!
B-17G "Nine O Nine" Lifting Off on Second Ride Sortie...
B-17G on approach...
Boeing B-17G Coming In to Land at KPAE...
B-17 "Nine O Nine" A Second from Touchdown...
SECONDS FROM TOUCHDOWN
"Nine O Nine" Zooming Down the KPAE Runway...
A Look Back At Great Memories...
B-17G "Nine O Nine" In For History...
HDR of Collings Foundation Boeing B-17G "Nine O Nine"
B-17G In to Land... But Never Again in King County?
Going in to attack the only fixed link to Bainbridge Island?
Life Cover 03 - 1944 Alternative Cover
A most mechanical calculator...
Originally meant for attacking shipping, not land attack
A .50 cal In The Nose...
2800+ feet and 295 knots...
A FZ40 retro mode look at serious horepower...
HORSEPOWER & FIREPOWER
Having to communicate with hand signals...
Peering out the nose window at Seattle...
Blurring & Whirring Away A Friday in June
B-17G Guarding the Lake Washington Ship Canal...
Seattle and Vicinity...
Seattle's Downtown from 2,800 feet and a B-17G nose...
A Yesteryear Look at a B-17G...
TAIL OF THE B-17G
Just another day on patrol...
Another of my fine fellow passengers...
Landing Before Sunset...
AvgeekJoe as Radioman
Life Cover 02 - BOEING B-17 RETURNS TO PUGET SOUND
Life Cover 01 - Boeing B-17 Returns to Seattle Skies