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Re: B-24
Posted by steve dickey on Wed Dec 31, 2003 03:56:08 PM
In reply top Re: B-24 posted by Ryan Keough on Wed Dec 31, 2003 01:04:13 AM
: Our (Collings) B-24 is sitting in Brooksville, FL undergoi
: ng maintenance right now, so it sure wasn't ours. Kermits'
: is sitting forlorn on the FoF ramp and not sure where Dia
: mond Lil is right now (anyone else know?)... so, could it
: have been a Privateer or maybe even the MATS Connie? I kno
: w we got a call once on a MATS Connie sighting and they sa
: id it sounded and looked similar from below as it flew ove
: r at high alt.
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: Ryan Keough
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: : Hey guy's , been away from the board for awhile & trying
: t
: : o catch up. Anyway I'm spending the holiday's with my f
: ol
: : ks here in southern New Mexico & today was splitting woo
: d
: : with my dad's old J.D. hooked up to the P.T.O. , its pre
: tt
: : y noisy but faintly I hear a radial rumble. We stop, loo
: k
: : around,( we live about 10 miles south of town), I see a
: la
: : rge plane heading west following the freeway. I run get
: my
: : bino's , & lo and behold A B-24!!! Wasn't painted blue
: &
: : brown, CAF , I know Weeks don't fly his, So my big guess
: i
: : s colling's 24. My question is don't they do maintenance
: t
: : his time of year? does anybody know where it was going?
: I'
: : m pretty sure even from that distance it was a B-24. Can
: a
: : nybody help?
Hey thanks Ryan, Yeah that would make sense if it was a connie, sure looked like a 24, but with those multiple tails it can be decieving from that distance. Anyway have a happy new year!