Spotlight: B-17 Flying Fortress SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force at Dekalb, IL. B-17 Flying Fortress SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY will be on display at the Dekalb-Taylor Airport, August 16-22 In support of the Annual Dekalb Corn Fest.
WHAT: The most fully restored B-17 Flying Fortress SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY a World War II vintage bomber airplane will fly into Dekalb-Taylor Airport, offering the public an up-close and personal look at this unique piece of aviation history. The public is invited to tour this airplane–inside and out. There’s even the opportunity for some lucky individuals to actually take a flight in SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY and experience this rare aircraft first-hand. Flight opportunities are available on SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. A flight on SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY is $425 per person for the waist section and $600 per person in the nose section. A portion of the flight cost is tax-deductible. The total experience will average 45 minutes and include boarding, engine start, taxi, takeoff and landing and shutdown. For more information and to make reservations call 602-448-9415. Only a handful of these rare birds remain in the world today and even fewer provide the opportunity to experience flight just as the flight crews did during WW II.
B-17 Sentimental Journey Tours
$5.00 for ages 13 to Adult
$3.00 for children ages 5 through 12 and free for children under 5
B-17 Flights $425 per person for the waist section and $600 per person in the nose section.
WHERE: The aircraft will be on display at Dekalb-Taylor Airport.
WHEN: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY will arrive at Dekalb-Taylor Airport at 10:00am Monday, August 16, and will be on display at Dekalb-Taylor Airport until the aircraft departs Monday morning August 23.
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY will be displayed and can be toured from 10:00am to 6pm (or until the crowd thins out), weather permitting on August 16, August 17-22, 9 AM to 6 PM (or until the crowd thins out), weather permitting. August 23 morning departure for Lima, OH.
WHO: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY has been restored as a flying museum/memorial by the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing so the public can tour these one of a kind aircraft. All tour proceeds benefit SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. Members of the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force are volunteers and the Commemorative Air Force is a non-profit organization.
WHY: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY is a flying memorial and museum of the men who flew and crewed these airplanes, as well as the men and women who built them more than 50 years ago during and especially to the crews that did not return. The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for the daylight bombing raids over Germany during World War II and could sustain such battle damage that the aircraft lived up to its name of the Flying Fortress. Out of 12,731 built there are only about 10 restored and airworthy examples remaining. For the airplane enthusiast, it’s an opportunity to have a museum come to the visitor instead of the traditional other way around.
The public will not only have the opportunity to look them over from the inside out, but to hear and see them fly. It’s a unique opportunity for aviation enthusiasts young and old. Aviation gifts will be available for purchase through the PX.
See the Arizona Wing CAF website for more information on Sentimental Journey at www.azcaf.org
