Saturday started out with a barely remembered sound -- a 4-engine prop plane
going over the house. I looked up from breakfast on the patio and saw an ancient
B-24 "Liberator" bomber flying over at about a thousand feet. That reminded me
to go to the post office for the "American Advances in Aviation" stamp set first released
yesterday, July 29. On my way there I heard a very similar sound, and looked up
to see a B-17 at about the same altitude.
So there was nothing to do but pack the camera in the bike and go off in search of
these old warbirds. I found them at the DuPage County Airport, and these are the
pictures I took.
Geese on Geneva dam
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B-17 from passenger building of DuPage Airport
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B-24
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B-24, from apron
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B-17, from apron
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Gulfstream II being moved
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Waiting to enter the B-24
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B-24 wheel and bomb doors
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B-24 front end
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B-24 history plaque
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B-24 specs plaque
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B-24 nose
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B-17 nose
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B-17 engine and wheel
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B-24 seen from under B-17 engine
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B-17 cockpit from rear
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B-17 tail gunner position
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B-17 from side
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B-17 bombardier window and chin turret
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B-17 specs plaque
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Australian engineer in front of B-17
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Ed in front of B-17
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One last look at the Flying Fortress
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Turtles on rock in Fox River, Geneva
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