Apogee has never looked better

[TheWestie]

With apologies to KingDL1, I think I now have the best picture of Apogee Stadium, ever.

This post has been promoted to an article Edited March 29, 2015 by TheWestie

[Harry]

That is just awesome!

[greenminer]

What a gorgeous track.

[HoustonEagle]

What are you flying in?

[Maduro]

is that the B-17?

[Green P1]

Were you in the Flying Fortress that was buzzing Denton the week before last??

Edited March 29, 2015 by Green P1

[UNTexas]

What's being built on the hill? It look torn up. Oh, and good luck on your next daylight bombing raid.

[FirefightnRick]

B-17.....Im jealous!

Rick

[trud1966]

You didn't drop bombs did you? Just stay away from Apogee. Aim for the remaining portion of Fouts.

[greenjoe]

Or Ford Field

[greenminer]

Is that from Chuck via the Meacham museum?

[TheWestie]

A reporter and I got a media ride on The Collings Foundation B-17G Nine-O-Nine when it was at Denton Enterprise Airport on 3/17.




IT WAS EPIC

Edited March 29, 2015 by TheWestie

[THOR]

I could not fathom the feeling of pilots/bombardiers and such being in that fortress while over germany...amazing generation of men...

You are damn lucky to get that opportunity

[FirefightnRick]

I could not fathom the feeling of pilots/bombardiers and such being in that fortress while over germany...amazing generation of men...

You are damn lucky to get that opportunity

Agree! The Greatest Generation!

Rick

[Green P1]

I was outside running electric to a couple of trailers that day and the B-17 had me staring at the sky for a good portion of the afternoon. Did you get to man any of the pods?

[Peacock]

In Adrian Lewis's History of WWII class, we had a older gentleman that was auditing the course. It was a night class, and one evening, Dr. Lewis turned over the lectern to the man. For the next hour and a half, he recounted his experience as an 18 yr old tail gunner in a B-17 over Germany. He spoke modestly of his combat experiences, but I still fondly remember his talk.

Among the most interesting comments... Condoms were use to urinate in on long flights, the dropped earthward.

[Army of Dad]

You didn't drop bombs did you? Just stay away from Apogee. Aim for the remaining portion of Fouts.

The windmills are fair game though.

[oldguystudent]

The windmills are fair game though.

Still my favorite athletic department employee quote of all-time, "It's windy enough around here. Why did they put those fans there?"

[TheWestie]

[FirefightnRick]

Strange that he he's freaked out by guns? Still a really cool passion for restoring something so unique.

Rick

[SilverEagle]

My dad was trained as a waist gunner and crew Chief on a B-17. What's a crew chief? He's the one that, after wheels-up, got to go fix anything mechanical that goes wrong. Including standing on the cat walk between the bomb racks and kicking a bomb loose that got stuck. Makes for a nice view.

[DeepGreen]

Excellent piece on WWII history. Thanks for posting.

[Tyler Maryak]

Dang...that's my dream...