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 B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber. It is still one of the most recognised aeroplanes ever built. It was most widely used for daylight strategic bombings of German industrial targets during World War II as part of the United States Eighth Air Force.

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    • 20th Annual B-17/Big Bird (Scale) Fly-In PHOTOS

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    		Even though Ike gave us some bad weather the week before we overall had a good B-17 & Warbird Gathering for 2008. Spectators were down in attendance but be did have 102 registered pilots. We had several pilots in attendance that were from Norway and flew several planes winning awards. Mack Hodges was suppose to be with us but the week before he had a terrible accident and crashed his B-29 loosing one wing. We will be looking for him next year. Because of weather conditions the Bear was unable to fly. We hope to have more in attendance next year. Maybe the weather will be on our side. Come and join us for a great day of fun.

    Thank you,
    Nick Stratos,
    President

    2008 B17 Gathering & Big Bird Fly-in Winners:

    B-17 Perpetual Trophy:

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    1st Place:
    Robert Zaras
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    2nd Place:
    Joe Pazstor
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    3rd Place:
    Tony Kollaja
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    Best Civilian Pre 1941:

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    1st Place:
    Spirit of St. Louis - Bill Holland
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    2nd Place:
    Wedell William Racer - Ross Woods
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    3rd Place:
    Bucker Jungmeister - Ken Spears
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    Best Civilian Post 1941:

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    1st Place:
    Waco YMF5 - Ken Spears
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    2nd Place:
    Red Bull - William H. Gohmert
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    3rd Place:
    Rare Bear - Evan Quiros
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    Best Military Pre 1935:

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    1st Place:
    Sopwith Pup - Larry Hultman
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    2nd Place:
    Vicker Vimy - Tony Kollaja
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    3rd Place:
    Sopwith Pup - Gary Strickland
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    Best Military Post 1935:

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    1st Place:
    Dauntless - Oistein Aanensen
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    2nd Place:
    ME-109 - Evan Quiros
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    3rd Place:
    P43 Lancer - Larry Hultman
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    Best Jet Aircraft:

    1st Place:
    Euro - Victor Montalbano
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    2nd Place:
    Euro - Barry Raborn
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    3rd Place:
    F16 - Peter Szekers

    Best Multi-Engine Aircraft:

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    1st Place:
    B25 - Larry Hultman
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    2nd Place:
    Vickers Vimy - Tony Kollaja
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    3rd Place:
    C47 - Hadley Hudnall

    Best of Show:

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    Best of Show:
    Space Walker II - Jim Dietrick
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