Tour the vintage Memphis Belle
Sentinel photo/Robert Laverty
Memphis Belle, a World War II-era “Flying Fortress” B-17, makes an appearance at Gillespie Field in El Cajon this week.
One of only eight B-17s that still fly in the United States, she offers a rare opportunity for a free tour Saturday and Sunday.
Paid flights are also available and let passengers “experience history with all five senses,” as Liberty
Sentinel photo/Robert Laverty
Foundation pilot Bob Hill puts it. “Yes,” he says, “they have a taste, too.”
For more information, call 918-340-0243 or visit libertyfoundation.org.
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Posted by Maureen Robertson
on Mar 19 2013. Filed under Featured Story, News.
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