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In DC on Thursday, 10 April?

By Pinch

If you are, you may want to cast your eyes to the skies above a little after 1pm up towards the south. You'll see what should be a wonderful collection of historical warbird aircraft flying a tribute to all US airmen who have died fighting for this nation from WW II to the present day.

Boeing is sponsoring this tribute, which was organized by the American Air Museum (AAM) from Duxford, England,
and this particular flight will consist of a B-17 Flying Fortress, a P-51D Mustang, a P-40 Kittyhawk, and a Spitfire.

A qaggle of VIHPs (Very Important Historical Personages - including former British Prime Minister (and honored guest) Sir John Major) will be up at the Air Force Memorial (which we wrote about here, way back in 2006), so if you want to get up close and personal with some Big Wigs, head on up to the AF Memorial in Arlington!

I'd be there, trusty Canon D30 in hand with 300mm zoom zoomin', but I'll be in Norfolk on reserve duty.

More info can be found on Boeing's web page, so if you are able to catch a gander of this special flight, you'll have to drop a note here and let us know how it looked!

Photo of B-17 over Washington DC in late 1930's courtesy of USAAF Archives

April 9, 2008 11:56 AM Air Assault