Every spring we get a few old WWII aircraft at our local airport. You can actually buy a ticket and fly to Long Beach and back in them.
My favorite is the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
They fly right over my house!
You can hear those big engines that are unique to the Flying Fortress.
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It will be one of the largest gatherings of flying WWII aircraft in history as 56 famous vintage warbirds
will fly through restricted airspace over the National Mall Friday in
remembrance of the 70th anniversary of VE-Day or Victory in Europe Day.
The huge flyover, dubbed "The Arsenal of Democracy," of so many
different types of aircraft – from seaplanes to fighters and the only
flying B-29 Superfortress – was no easy undertaking.
The first plane
should be visible along the National Mall around 12:10 p.m. With roughly
90 seconds between formations, the Flyover will end by 1 p.m. Reagan
National Airport will be closed to commercial traffic from 12 noon to 1
p.m. to accommodate the flights.
The Flyover will be streamed live here.
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