B17 Crash in Connecticut

**BrodieBartfast** · 10-02-2019, 07:46 PM

Some bad news coming out of the States today. A vintage B-17 bomber has crashed at Bradley Airport in Connecticut, with thirteen people on board. Five confirmed fatalities so far, according to authorities.

A sad day for the families of the victims, and another old warbird lost.

World War II-era bomber plane crashes near airport | Daily Mail Online

Regards, B.B.

**TabsTabs1964** · 10-02-2019, 08:05 PM

Sad news.
A human and historical tragedy.
Rest in peace the victims

**TWS** · 10-02-2019, 08:08 PM

Terrible news. I had the chance to do one of those flights at a charity for veterans car and air show a few years ago, but I passed. Was feeling a little tight in the wallet (tickets weren't cheap) and didn't bite.

**TabsTabs1964** · 10-02-2019, 08:12 PM

By the way B.B. I love your MG but I miss your Dr. Strangelove avatar

**TabsTabs1964** · 10-02-2019, 08:13 PM

Todd: is it true that it is very noisy to fly in one of those old four-engines?

**TWS** · 10-02-2019, 08:19 PM

by TABSTABS1964

Todd: is it true that it is very noisy to fly in one of those old four-engines?

Not only noisy but very drafty. They were not sealed or pressurized like a modern plane.

**BrodieBartfast** · 10-02-2019, 08:19 PM

by TABSTABS1964

By the way B.B. I love your MG but I miss your Dr. Strangelove avatar

The good doctor will return, one day...

B.B.

**TabsTabs1964** · 10-02-2019, 08:23 PM

It must be an experience. I would like to have the possibility to do it, although I don't know if, when the time comes, I would gather the necessary value.
In Madrid I think they have an operational JU-52, but that scares me even more.

Best regards