B-17 ~ Thunderbird

[bomberflight]

I recently had the great good fortune to spend some time with the team from the Lone Star Flight Museum who
were with Thunderbird at Oshkosh

Quite simply ~ there are as fine a bunch of people anyone could hope to meet



( from left to right )
Cliff Spencer, Jim Cowart, Shirley Spencer, John Cowart, Al Maxwell ( Pilot ) and LSFM's President ~ Larry Gregory ( Co-pilot )

I also got to ride with them out of Oshkosh after the show ~ and that was just an outstanding experience

I tried to put my thoughts down for people to see ~ if anyone's interested .......

http://www.bomberflight.info/intelligen ... legend.htm

There are more pictures of a wonderful day ~ here ....

http://www.bomberflight.info/mission_ta ... d_2006.htm

LSFM's new President ~ Larry Gregory ~ has a clear vision of how the museum could move forward and I wish him and everyone
involved the very best for 2007

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For Elroy 13 ~ 'Trae ~ if you PM me a email address ~ I can forward some larger
images

[Elroy13]

What a great mug shot!!!
Im glad you enjoyed yourself!!! I wish that I could have made it. I did catch up to the crew at Thunder right after you left...Maybe next year I will be there for Oshkosh!

[RickH]

Hey,...you gotta watch that little guy in light blue...

We affectionately call him Capn' Al.

[Tom Crawford]

Thankyou for highlighting "Thunderbird". She's a beautiful B-17G and I'm proud to be associated with her. The crew pictured replaced us on Wednesday at Oshkosh. Our crew brought her up from Galveston, Texas on Saturday to Muskegan, MI and then over to Oshkosh on Monday morning. I will always remember the experience. I can't say enough about the fine people we met and assisted during tours and discussions with the veterans. Most of these guys are advanced in age and some took the tour and crawled & walked all the way through the cockpit, the bomb bay & radioroom. I retreived a couple of neglected wives and helped them through while their husbands were still shooting down Focke-Wolf's & Messerschmitt's. We always had some cool water waiting for these special folks along with a lawn chair and the shade of the elevator.

Tom

[Former Member]

My wife and I had the pleasure of meeting the crew pictured here when we were at Friday's airshow. They are some of the nicest people I've ever met and were kind enough to keep my wife occupied while the boys and I toured the aircraft.

John

[PJ]

I enjoyed going inside Thunderbird at Muskegon. A great plane and fine crew. Thanks! I wear my Thunderbird t-shirt with pride.
PJ