August 12, 2006
Planes on display:
- Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, Aluminum Overcast, owned by EAA
- North American SNJ-5 (AT-6D Texan), N7296C, owned by James Baker, Boxford, MA
- Navion L-17B, N1046W, AF Serial Number 46-1046
I’d hoped to fly my flying club’s lowly Cherokee 180 in a pattern with a B-17, but the wind was straight down the short Runway 32 and the B-17 needed the long Runway 5, and the strong 18-knot crosswind on Runway 5 kept the B-17 on the ground. The planes were surrounded by so many people that good pictures were hard to get. Lucky for EAA Chapter 106, unlucky for me.
Click on a picture for a high-resolution version (3072×2304, 1.8M).
Send corrections and any missing information to mrtuttle@alum.mit.edu.
Aluminum Overcast nose art on front left fuselage nose.
Small children had trouble with the steep ladder down to the cat walk.
Cat walk through the bomb bay
Bomb bay
B-17 and AT-6D Texan
B-17 and Navion L-17B
AT-6D Texan
Navion L-17B
