Damn....

"user314" (user314)
10/02/2019 at 10:48 • Filed to: Planelopnik, connecticut, collings foundation, b-17, crash

One of the Collings Foundation B-17s !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! this morning at Bradley Int’l Airport in Connecticut.

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Witnesses say the WWII-era bomber hit a shed during a landing attempt, and multiple injuries have been reported. Numerous fire departments have been called to the airport, Connecticut’s largest, and more than two dozen emergency vehicles are on-scene.

Edit: Authorities now report two deaths, one critically injured flown to hospital, and at least five more transported via ambulance.

Eyewitness report, YMMV:

“He was treetop level when I saw him,” Nolan said. “And one of the engines wasn’t spinning.”

DISCUSSION (17)

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > user314
10/02/2019 at 10:56

Damn, I hope everyone on board is okay.

facw > user314
10/02/2019 at 11:02

I think they only have (had I guess) the one B-17:

Kinja'd!!!

They had five aircraft scheduled to arrive at Bradley today:

a B-17G Flying Fortress heavy bomber, a B-24J Liberator heavy bomber, a B-25 Mitchell medium bomber, a P-51 Mustang fighter and a P-40 Warhawk fighter.

It’s sad, but it’s unavoidable that as long as these planes are flying we are going to lose some (and for a whole bunch of reasons, flying 75 year old planes is going to be way riskier than flying modern aircraft).

DipodomysDeserti > facw
10/02/2019 at 11:08

I know the Air Force Museum in Mesa, AZ, has a B-17. When I was there last month our guide mentioned there were a handful still flying.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > user314
10/02/2019 at 11:15

Oh that’s very tragic, these things don’t exactly have ejection seats.

phenotyp > user314
10/02/2019 at 11:23

Shit. I hope everyone’s OK.

user314 > facw
10/02/2019 at 11:24

There are 18 B-17s registered with the FAA, and Collings has/d only the one B-17G.

Kinja'd!!!

user314 > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
10/02/2019 at 11:27

Oh, not good .

A Lifestar medical helicopter was called to the scene,

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > user314
10/02/2019 at 11:27

Is this the same plane that crashed a few years ago? I heard they were going to rebuild it, but never heard the follow up. I flew in their B-17 about ten years ago, it was pretty magical.

facw > DipodomysDeserti
10/02/2019 at 11:29

I was referring to this:

One of the Collings Foundation B-17s

There are definitely a bunch of others still flying with other groups.

facw > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
10/02/2019 at 11:32

The article now says at least two people were killed.

DipodomysDeserti > facw
10/02/2019 at 11:40

There are definitely a bunch of others still flying with other groups

There are only nine others flying in the entire world. Only thirty eight others are still around. Pretty crazy that they have more than one.

https://www.airplanesofthepast.com/b17-flying-fortress-surviving-aircraft.htm