It's a bird...it's a plane

[resqgeek]

Maybe its just because I've been working on my new edition of my uncle's book, and currently have had B-17s on my mind a lot lately, but somehow I think I would have noticed it anyway. As we passed through Williamsport, PA on the way home from my parents' house on Sunday, I saw an unusual aircraft profile in the distance. It was clearly a four engine plane, and I was pretty sure it wasn't a jet. It was slightly to the left of dead ahead of us, heading the opposite direction to us, on a parallel path. As we drew closer, I began to recognize the profile. As it flew past us on my left, I confirmed that it was, in fact, a B-17, flying low over the countryside just east of Williamsport. Unfortunately, I was driving on an interstate, where non-emergency stopping is illegal, or I might have pulled over and tried to get some pictures. This was the first time I've ever seen one of these gorgeous aircraft in the air, and it was a fabulous sight!