B-17g n207ev

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:13 am

Does anybody have an update on the new b-17g the Collings foundation Acquired a couple years back. Did it make it to Florida? Will that plane be ready for the 2020 wings of freedom tour?

bipe215 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 23, 2019 7:43 pm

Still in Mississippi undergoing repairs as of a couple months ago.

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 23, 2019 9:27 pm

bipe215 wrote:

Still in Mississippi undergoing repairs as of a couple months ago.

From the taxi accident or general maintenance?

bipe215 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:03 pm

From the taxi accident

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:08 pm

bipe215 wrote:

From the taxi accident

I would have thought this topic would have Gotten more attention.

bipe215 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:28 am

I have a buddy that flies a corporate jet into there occasionally and he always checks up on it. I'll try to get an update next time he's there.

menards · **Joined:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:46 pm **Posts:** 543

whistlingdeath77 wrote:

Does anybody have an update on the new b-17g the Collings foundation Acquired a couple years back. Did it make it to Florida? Will that plane be ready for the 2020 wings of freedom tour?

Deeper question. Is there going to be a 2020 Wings of Freedom tour?

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:55 pm

menards wrote:

whistlingdeath77 wrote:

Does anybody have an update on the new b-17g the Collings foundation Acquired a couple years back. Did it make it to Florida? Will that plane be ready for the 2020 wings of freedom tour?

Deeper question. Is there going to be a 2020 Wings of Freedom tour?

If there is, you’ll need a b-17. Which one at this time I’m not sure. Possibly leasing one for 1 season

p51 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:34 pm

whistlingdeath77 wrote:

menards wrote:

whistlingdeath77 wrote:

Does anybody have an update on the new b-17g the Collings foundation Acquired a couple years back. Did it make it to Florida? Will that plane be ready for the 2020 wings of freedom tour?

Deeper question. Is there going to be a 2020 Wings of Freedom tour?

If there is, you’ll need a b-17.

Not if you already have a B-24...

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:56 pm

I’d like to lean towards the b-17 being the money maker for rides. Not that there’s anything wrong with riding in the b-24. But I’m guessing you’ll lose a good portion of profit if you didn’t have a b-17 on the tour as well

phil65 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 25, 2019 3:43 pm

Maybe an opportunity to join up with Doc ?

I guess we can dream....
Phil

p51 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:14 pm

phil65 wrote:

Maybe an opportunity to join up with Doc ?

As much as I'd like to see that, one thing I've long known about Collings is that they want to be the only planes on a ramp, as otherwise it detracts from their bottom line per airport visit (the people who run the Collings tours told me this several times in the 90s when I was around them often).
Having Doc around would draw away from their other aircraft to some degree, and generally speaking the majority of people who paid to come see those planes weren't nearly as much of the type of people like us (more so the 'normal' people who were curious), so a rare bird as a B-29 might not be as big a draw as just WW2 birds in general (again, normal folks as opposed to warbird geek

types).

whistlingdeath77 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 25, 2019 4:31 pm

I believe I heard that these organizations don’t like to step on each other’s toes. That’s why you don’t see them together giving rides. Collings likes to hit the smaller airports as opposed to airshows.

What b-17s are able to be “ leased” for a season? B-17 Memphis Belle, b-17 ye old pub etc?

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