ttyymmnn may recognize the significance of this spot...

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 02/07/2019 at 15:32 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Anyone else?

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 15:38

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Nope

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 15:39

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ooo i know it...

thats the tree i used to piss on

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 02/07/2019 at 15:40

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There’s a clue at the bottom of the pic, if the #planelopnik tag wasn’t a big enough one. That being said, I haven’t checked to see if ttyymmnn’s aviation history posts have touched on this one - I can’t recall.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/07/2019 at 15:42

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Not so , but this spot is in a way much closer to Europe than most in North Carolina.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 15:44

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well...fair nuff you make a good point there....

but going by the pic i wanna say thats where the mosquito was built

pip bip - choose Corrour > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 15:46

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Plane crash location

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 15:51

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Still nope for me.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 15:51

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I don’t, but I’m going to take a wild guess and say Boeing HQ in Chicago. Though you said it was closer to Europe than NC. 

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 02/07/2019 at 15:54

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Belle_(aircraft)

Scroll down to “Postwar history”. That is the spot at which Robert Morgan flew the Memphis Belle between the Buncombe County Courthouse and Asheville City Hall.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 02/07/2019 at 15:55

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It’s the site where, after touring the US on completing a full tour over Europe, the bomber Memphis Belle was flown between two buildings in a low pass over Asheville, NC.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > pip bip - choose Corrour 02/07/2019 at 15:55

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If it had turned out differently, yes.

https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/08/06/monument-recalls-bomber-stunt-downtown/13694715/

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 02/07/2019 at 15:56

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https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/08/06/monument-recalls-bomber-stunt-downtown/13694715/

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 02/07/2019 at 15:56

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Here’s an article on the monument’s installation:

https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/08/06/monument-recalls-bomber-stunt-downtown/13694715/

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 15:59

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its where Morgan flew “ between” the two buildings on a war bonds tour in the Memphis Belle.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 02/07/2019 at 16:00

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yepyep. I was out there for something today, thought it would be neat to get a picture, with monument in scene, of just how sketchy that was.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 16:01

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ooo okay soo i was only completley wrong :)

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/07/2019 at 18:13

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Oh.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 02/07/2019 at 20:31

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It was one of those wacky happenings I figured ttyymmnn might have heard about, because WWII and wacky. I didn't put too much faith in anybody else knowing it.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/08/2019 at 03:11

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Yeah nice. I only got it cause my dad got me a book that mentioned it for Christmas. And also I can read the memorial :)