Thunder Bird by Richardphotos

Photography • Aviation • posted on Aug 30, 2015

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Thunderbird is the name given to a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. She is one of the few surviving flyable B-17s, and is the largest aircraft housed at the Lone Star Flight Museum, located in Galveston, Texas. I was short on time as I wanted to beat the Houston nightmare of rush hour so I did not use my wide angle lens(packed away in my 4Runner). I still was in a torrential downpour for about 30 miles but made it through before the traffic became a problem

Comments (18)

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Diemamker

9:53PM | Sun, 30 August 2015

Sweet shot of this awesome old war bird!... I myself have never seen one up close..

Richardphotos

10:00PM | Sun, 30 August 2015

I paid to walk through one many years ago when one was visiting a local flight museum

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Faemike55

10:28PM | Sun, 30 August 2015

I'd rather be caught in a storm than traffic

Great capture

Richardphotos

10:51PM | Sun, 30 August 2015

the storm caused traffic however. some idiots was insisting on driving 20 or less on the inside lanes

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Daddywolf

11:45PM | Sun, 30 August 2015

I Have no idea why I have always been a fan of the B17even as a young child it may have been a toy a model or a movie I don't know, have to admit it looks good!

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byteline

12:08AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

Excellent shot!

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starship64

1:09AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

Fantastic capture.

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jayfar

1:33AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

An excellent shot under your circumstances but please remember your wide angle next time !!!

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blinkings

2:05AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

A classic old bird for sure.

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claude19

5:08AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

only : SPLENDID !!! awesome photograph !!!

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Sarahdar

5:26AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

My dad flew in one during his time in the Air Force, nice image

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ontar1

8:22AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

Great capture!

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CavalierLady

9:54AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

Wicked cool perspective here! I didn't do the driving when we were in Houston, thank god... they are crazy down there!

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kenmo

10:43AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

Awesome photo....

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Greywolf44

10:54AM | Mon, 31 August 2015

You can get the whole history of this B-17 and the entire 303 Bomb Group (H) stationed at
Molesworth, England during WWII. The first pilot of "ThunderBird" was the father of the man
who runs the web site 303rdbg.com, Gary Moncur. A great site for historical and aviation buffs.
This is also where my dad was stationed during the war. Incredible web site (HUGE!)

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T.Rex

1:46PM | Mon, 31 August 2015

Excellent photo. The whole plane's length and a lot of detail. Wide angle lens? You tilting the camera proves it's not absolutely necessary!
Keep up the good work!
:-)

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