B-17 Ride

[shoppintractors]

<font color="blue">It was the Yankee Lady from the Yankee Air Museum in Michigan. </font>

Just before sunset this evening a large plume of smoke appeared in the sky. Sounds of helicopters were heard nearby. The evening news was on with live pictures of the Yankee Air Musuem engulfed in flames. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif Don't know what all was inside. You could see many of the airplanes parked outside of the musuem hanger. Don't know if any of the planes were inside at the time of the fire but the entire building was engulfed in flames.

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Don

 

[shoppintractors]

The late news just reported the B-17 (Yankee Lady) and two other planes were inside the hanger when the first signs of smoke appeared in the rafters of the wood hanger. The three planes were rolled out by hand just before the building was entirely engulfed in flames.

Don

 

[Michigan_Mike]

The other two aircraft that were saved from the hangar were a B-25 and a C-47.
There was also a rare aircraft that was lost, but I can't remember what it was. It was being reconditioned, and I believe that it was very close to be completed.

For those of you who are interesetd their web site is
http://www.yankeeairmuseum.org/