Wings of Freedom Tour 2008

DougRobertson

The Wings of Freedom Tour 2008 of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, a North American B-25 Mitchell and a Consolidated B-24 Liberator will be at Camarillo, California airport CMA from 12 through 14 May, 2008. They will be joined by a North American P-51 Mustang. All are available for paid walk-through tours or 30 minute flights. The bomber flights are tax deductible donations. The P-51 is dual control for $2,200 for a half hour or $3,200 for a full hour, non-deductible. Enter the ramp through the Waypoint Cafe, 325 Durley.

Flight reservations, questions or information: 800-568-8924 or www.cfdn.org

Photo ops are available. I attended last year and the aircraft were well worth it. The event may attract some interesting and contrasting fly-ins-last year a deHavilland Tiger Moth from SZP.

Ztex

Yes get out and see these guys where ever they may be!

www.collingsfoundation.org

I saw them in Dallas this year..it is a treat every year.

Bluedharma

These guys were great in Colorado last year!

This yearâ€™s sched.

http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm

06/30/2008 to 07/03/2008 ----- WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR, B-17,B-24,B-25

Broomfield,Colorado United States

(BJC/United States-Colorado) http://www.airport-data.com/airport/BJC/

07/03/2008 to 07/06/2008 ----- WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR, B-17,B-24,B-25

Ft. Collins-Loveland,Colorado United States

(FNL/United States-Colorado) http://www.airport-data.com/airport/FNL/

They were the only ones in Colorado who flew the B17 directly overhead the staging area for some great shots from below.

DougRobertson

Zane & Paul, Thanks for the fine photos.

Paul-suggest you edit for name, nearest city location of airport where the Wings of Freedom Tours will be in Colorado-not all Forum readers can readily decipher the ICAO abbreviations. Too many to memorize all worldwide.

Bluedharma

Doug,

Thanks for your comments on the photos.

You are 100% right. I have amended the post to include the nearest City/State

Thanks!

warbirdguy

July 21-23, 2008

Valparaiso, IN

Porter County Municipal Airport (KVPZ)

Terminal Building/ Main Ramp

Walkthrough Tours:

$12 Adults

$6 Children

Free for WWII Vets

Flight Experiences

$425 B-17 or B-24

$400 B-25 Forward Fuselage

$325 B-25 Waist Gun/ Tail Section

$2,200 P-51 for 30 Minutes

$3,200 P-51 for 1 Hour

FOOD & BEVERAGES ARE BEING OFFERED BY EAA CHAPTER 104!

TNutty

hey bluedharma......make sure to watch fox31 news at 9 on monday, june 30th.....I am the event organizer for the broomfield stop, and was able to get Dan Daru, and 2 photographers from fox on the B-24 from Casper, WY to broomfield...should have some great video (if the station decides to use it of course)

Bluedharma

hey bluedharma......make sure to watch fox31 news at 9 on monday, june 30th.....

I am the event organizer for the broomfield stop, and was able to get Dan Daru, and 2 photographers from fox on the B-24 from Casper, WY to broomfield...

should have some great video (if the station decides to use it of course)

This is cool!

Dan Daru has covered a few of the B-17 events in the past, and has done a great job!!!

Just keep him away from the bottom Ball Turret! (see attached video link)

The door of the Ball Turret hitting the ground... oh boy...

http://www.myfoxcolorado.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=6694770&version=1&locale=EN-US

Still you couldn't get a better guy to show the aircraft!!!

Great News!!!

TNutty

yes, i will def. tell him to stay the *beep* away from the ball turret gun lol, thanks for the link, too bad thats not the B-24 turret, it actually works again ;)

Bluedharma

Nice day today. Good weather at Ft. Collins-Loveland (FNL).

Wished I could have made it to Broomfield Colorado (KBJC) but it has been a busy work week.

Did get some good shots, and got to talk to a local warbird pilot.

warbirdguy

Bluedharma, awesome shots of the ol' birds. I'm one of the stop organizers for Valparaiso, IN and can't wait for them to arrive in a few weeks.

Bluedharma

Warbirdguy,

Thank you for your comments!

These shows are quite the "HOT Ticket".

#4 on B-24

Make sure you post some shots when they get there.

Love to see your photos!

TNutty

god damn dude, you must have a hell of a camera lense, i'm assuming you were there today (friday 4 jul) and i was wonderin if you perhaps saw or talked to the bald guy with the glasses, P-51 shirt, and jean shorts or not....lemme know, also, would it be too much trouble to get you to email the photos you took? tony.day82@gmail.com

Bluedharma

...saw or talked to the bald guy with the glasses, P-51 shirt, and jean shorts or not...

My friend (and airport-data.com user John) and I mostly just took pictures

and we spoke with a local Spitfire pilot here in the Colorado area.

He got to ride in the mustang yesterday on the flight to KFNL (Fort-Collins,Colorado) from Broomfield, Colorado.

He really enjoyed it!

... would it be too much trouble to get you to email the photos you took?

No problem at all. I will try to send them your way.

Best Regards,

TNutty

cool, thank you, we will be there till monday morning, so there will be many more great photo ops, just fyi

TNutty

btw, my email address is "tony.day82@gmail.com"

warbirdguy

I've arranged to have 2 newspapers and 1 television station to fly on the bombers from Chicago to Valparaiso.

Informational Page: http://www.vpz.org/cf.php

Bluedharma

I've arranged to have 2 newspapers and 1 television station to fly on the bombers from Chicago to Valparaiso.

Informational Page: http://www.vpz.org/cf.php

Warbirdguy,

I am very glad you have the newspapers and TV on this.

What I don't understand is why something as fun and enjoyable as this is done during the work week.

This must make it very difficult for you to arrange for the largest number of fans.

Your event is July 21-23, 2008 (Monday through Wednesday).

I don't really understand why The Collins Foundation does the events during a work week.

I wish they would hold the event through a weekend.

They did the same thing when out in the Denver area.

(They did have it on Sat-Sun up in Fort-Collins Colorado, but it would have been nice if it was on a weekend in the Denver metro area.)

That would provide them more revenue.

Here is what $2,200 for 30 Minutes buys! Looks worth it!!!!

warbirdguy

Blueharma,

The visit last year was very successfull for it being a weekday.

We had 13 flight experiences last year (1 was a training experience in the B-25).

The B-17 had 6 flights, the B-24 had 4 flights, and the B-25 had 3 flights. The B-25 had many more flights scheduled but they were having problems with the hydraulic activator on the landing gear.

Walkthrough tours and PX sales were brisk during the stay. We even ran out of some PX items.

Luckily this year as did last year it falls during the county fair which is only a mile down the road. Hopefully that will attract many visitors.

TNutty

actually, paul, to correct you, it wasn't anything hydrolic that broke the b25 last year, it was a magnito that broke, and the B-24 had alot of flights cancelled as well, due to a flat nose gear. btw, AWESOME picture of the P51