Memorial Day Weekend

We have no plans yet, but...

The Museum of Flight here in Seattle is hosting the Cascade Warbirds Fly-in.

Join the Museum May 23rd for the annual Cascade Warbirds Fly-in. Visitors will enjoy the chance to view a wide variety of beautifully restored vintage military aircraft representing several nations' armed forces from World War II through the Vietnam conflict. Operating under the motto "keep 'em flying," the Cascade Warbirds work to preserve history by maintaining and flying historic military aircraft. A wide variety of Liaison, Trainer, Fighter and Bomber aircraft from the last 65 years are expected, Including the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress "Aluminum Overcast", which will be offering flights. Other past attendees have included planes such as the North American T-28 Trojan, DeHavilland DHC-1 Chipmunk, Boeing PT-17 Stearman, North American AT-6 / SNJ Texan / Harvard, Cessna O-2 Skymaster, Ryan L-17 Navion, North American P-51 Mustang, Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper, and Douglas AD-4 Skyraider. In addition, the pilot-owners of these planes will be on-hand to answer questions and share their enthusiasm for these vintage Warbirds.

The Cascade Warbirds is an affiliate squadron of the Experimental Aircraft Association Warbirds of America organization.

Here's some additional info in Aluminum Overcast.

The Seattle-born B-17 “Flying Fortress” was perhaps the most important heavy Bomber in World War II and in aviation history. For several days in May including Memorial Day Weekend, the Museum will be proud host of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s popular B-17, Aluminum Overcast. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps in May 1945, Aluminum Overcast was too late to see action in World War II. Sold for $750* as military surplus, Aluminum Overcast now carries the wartime colors of the 398^th Bomb Group, serving as a living tribute to World War II aviation.

Museum visitors can tour or even fly aboard this historic aircraft. For tour and flight reservations or more information please call the EAA at 1-800-359-6217, or visit http://www.b17.org/

Maybe, if we don't have any other plans, we'll see if Mrs. Drang's father wants to go hang out with some fellow WWII vets, before President Hopey Changey outlaws them as war criminals...

*Seven hundred and fifty bucks! Jesus Christ on a pogo stick!