Liberty Belle

What a fun day it was for my daughter-in-law's dad yesterday.

The Liberty Belle made a stop this weekend at Boeing Field, on it's tour of the country. Bob robbed his piggy bank of $400.00 and treated himself to a ride over Puget Sound on the restored B-17, dubbed the "flying fortress".

There were a total of 12,732 B-17’s produced between 1935 and May 1945. Of these 4,735 were lost in combat. Following WWII, the B-17 saw service in three more wars. B-17’s were used in Korea, Israel used them in the war of 1948 and they were even used during Vietnam.Today, fewer than 100 B-17 airframes exist and fewer still are in airworthy condition. At one time, more than 1000 B-17’s could be assembled for mass combat missions, now less than 15 of Boeings famous bombers can still take to the sky.

The picture above shows one of the guns aimed directly at downtown Seattle, with the Space Needle and Coliseum just above the barrel.

It was a beautiful day for flying and while he was in the air, the kids, mama and gramma stayed behind and enjoyed all that the Museum of Flight has to offer.

Talk about a really fun day.