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  • Aug. 13, 2011 8:51 a.m. triumph5 SuperDork

    At the Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford, Ct. It's one of the last 14 flying B-17s, "Aluminum Overcast". Tours are $5 to $15, and rides are $400. Yes, rides. Not cheap, but, when are you going to have the chance to go up in one. Just seeing how small these are is impressive. And, you want to hear those radial engines roar. Great stuff. Newspaper printed a link to see the restoration and a ride: courant.com/b17

    Nice way to spend part of a nice day.

    ARGH: IT'S WESTERN CT.!!! There's got to be a way to edit titles...Tom, can you change it to Western Ct?

  • townsend7

    Aug. 13, 2011 8:57 a.m. townsend7 Reader

    Waterbury is western CT unless you live in Fairfield county.

  • Aug. 13, 2011 9:12 a.m. triumph5 SuperDork

    Yeah, I know, it's was semi-early a.m. when I posted it, and I'm used to writing eastern ct.... ugh.

  • Woody

    Aug. 13, 2011 10:04 a.m. Woody SuperDork

    That's about five minutes away from my house.

    Unfortunately, I am about five hours away from my house this weekend.

  • codrus

    Aug. 13, 2011 11:39 a.m. codrus New Reader

    Is CT big enough that eastern vs western actually matters to anyone? :)

  • Mazdax605

    Aug. 13, 2011 12:00 p.m. Mazdax605 Dork

    ^^ Yes,and it is almost like two different states.

  • bludroptop

    Aug. 13, 2011 1:57 p.m. bludroptop SuperDork

    Mazdax605 wrote:

    ^^ Yes,and it is almost like two different states.

    QFT

    Western CT winter beater:

    Eastern CT winter beater:

  • Woody

    Aug. 13, 2011 8:30 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    codrus wrote:

    Is CT big enough that eastern vs western actually matters to anyone? :)

    I've heard some things about East-of-the-River Girls....

  • townsend7

    Aug. 13, 2011 9:21 p.m. townsend7 Reader

    Woody wrote:

    I've heard some things about East-of-the-River Girls....

    Which is why I typically date western Mass girls.

  • aeronca65t

    Aug. 14, 2011 10:38 a.m. aeronca65t Dork

    Love those old WW II planes! Mine.

  • aeronca65t

    Aug. 14, 2011 11:39 a.m. aeronca65t Dork

    Just got this note

    The same plane will be at LEHIGH VALLEY INTL. AIRPORT (KABE)

    HANGAR 7 600 Hayden Circle Allentown, Pa.

    AUGUST 15 - 17 2011 (MONDAY- WEDNESDAY)

  • oldtin

    Aug. 14, 2011 1:27 p.m. oldtin Dork

    There were a couple of stearmans chasing each other around over my house this morning.

  • aeronca65t

    Aug. 14, 2011 4:32 p.m. aeronca65t Dork

    You can rent this one from my local flight school. $265 / hour.

    http://www.andoverflight.com

  • DeadSkunk

    Aug. 14, 2011 5:36 p.m. DeadSkunk HalfDork

    The Yankee Air Museum in Ypsilanti offers rides in their B-17 fairly regularly. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton.Ontario offers Stearman and Harvard rides,too. One of these days I'll get up in one of these old birds.I've been fogged out at Hamilton twice over the years.

  • Streetwiseguy

    Aug. 14, 2011 5:46 p.m. Streetwiseguy Dork

    For westerners, the Reynolds Museum and Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame has bi-plane rides throughout the summer. This place is worth the trip. Trust me.

    http://machinemuseum.net/

  • Wally

    Aug. 14, 2011 8:35 p.m. Wally SuperDork

    Eastern CT is like the deep south of upnorth.

  • Mazdax605

    Aug. 14, 2011 10:04 p.m. Mazdax605 Dork

    ^^ Truuf

 
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