This afternoon, Oakland was buzzed by a B-17:
My friend Martin was aboard when it* buzzed Pittsburgh yesterday - he took photos and video and he'll be giving me copies next weekend. The above is "actual size" of my phone camera. There's a link to the big version here.
Nothing in the world sounds quite like a heavy prop-driven military aircraft.
* I assume it's the same one. It's not like there's, like, a squadron of B-17s on PIT tarmac, gearing up to bomb the Hill District back into the Jazz Age. Sticking around long enough to sit around looking pretty is rare enough for vintage aircraft - that this one isn't just airworthy - that it's actually in the air - puts it on a very short list.
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