B-17 Champaign Lady Urbana Ohio

[Code Red]

went to go look at the progess of the Champaign Lady a B-17 that will be 90% brand new once complete.


more pics here

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[class67]

That is really cool, those old WWII aircraft are fascinating to me.

[bavtech]

Absolutely awesome.... Warbirds is another love of mine :)

[Twentyover]

Thanks for the periodimages of the factory. I don't think weoften remember the level of committment, both personal and industrial, made to the war effort.

There were over 12,500 Fortress' built in over a 10 year period, compared to less than 750 B-52's, 100 B-1B's, and 21 B-2's

[TonyHuntimer]

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Cool bomber restoration. Where did they find the pieces?

You've gotta love the ash trays on the sides of the control boxes. Smoke'm if you got em!

[Code Red]

Cool bomber restoration. Where did they find the pieces?

You've gotta love the ash trays on the sides of the control boxes. Smoke'm if you got em!


they said the ash tray pieces are actually 37 ford

[thedugan]

very very cool.

[Code Red]

they also have a website

http://www.b17project.com/

[MuscleRodz]

A project like that takes a serious commitment of discretionary income even if alot of the labor is donated. Vintage aircraft are near and dear to me. I have been restoring vintage aircraft for close to 20 years

[T-CHRGD]

It always amazes me how Small they actually are up close !!

Except a British Lancaster Bomber - couldnt believe how Big that one was. :)

Member of: www.maam.org (http://www.maam.org)

Their WWII Weekend (Always the weekend closest to D-day) is a Huge Event !!

They currently have a similar project - Restoring a P61 Black Widow - to be the Only flying P61 :1st:

[Damn True]

Man that is a lot of rivets!