Nervous, jittery laughter filled the aluminum overcast plane as a slew of lucky passengers — including three veterans — geared up for a 30 minute flight across Central Oregon Thursday. The B-17, a 34,000 pound bomber that was built for, but escaped, World War II, lifted into steadfast flight as the crew and passengers bumped, rumbled and soared 1,500 feet high across the high desert landscape.
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has brought the B-17 to the Bend Municipal Airport for three days worth of flights. It is one of the last remaining original B-17’s still able to soar… and soar it did.
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