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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N9323Z Sentimental Journey carries its original Army Air Force serial number, 44-83514. Its construction number is 32155. It was retired from the Air Force at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on January 27,1959. Acme Aircraft Parts of Compton, California registered it as N9323Z on July 31, 1959. Western Air Industries of Anderson, California acquired it in November 1960 and converted it to a fire tanker. It flew as tanker #E17. Aero Union Corp of Chico, California bought it on June 6, 1962 and flew it first as tanker #C17 and then as tanker #17. It was restored to stock military configuration as USAAF 44-83514 Class of 44 in 1977 by the Confederate Air Force. Soon after it was renamed Sentimental Journey. It is currently registered to the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum of Midland, Texas. It is operated by the Arizona Wing of the Coommemorative Air Force.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey at Falcon Field, AZ on December 31, 1981. It had not yet received its dorsal and ball turrets.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Chino, CA on May 20, 1984.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Santa Barbara, CA on November 17, 1989.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Santa Barbara, CA on November 17, 1989.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
with B-17G, N207EV Shady Lady at Phoenix 500 Airshow on March 31,
1996. N207EV carries serial number 44-83785 on its tail. It was
operated by the CIA in the sixties. It had a scissors mechanism
installed on the nose to pick up infiltrated agents and was seen
at the end of the movie Thunderball. N207EV was operated by
Evergreen Airlines as a tanker until 1989.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Phoenix 500 Airshow on March 31, 1996.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Chino, CA on April 24, 1999.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Chino, CA on April 24, 1999.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Chino, CA on April 24, 1999.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Camarillo, CA on May 16, 2000. Curtiss C-46F Commando
China Doll in the background is registered to the
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum. It is registered N53594
and based at the Camarillo Airport in California. It carries
44-78663 as its military serial.
Visit the web site of the Southern California Wing of the Confederate Air Force.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
at Camarillo, CA on May 16, 2000. Note the two Lockheed
Constellations in the distance.
B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey
returned to the Santa Barbara Airport on May 15, 2001.
Sentimental Journey taxied into position next to the
Elephant Bar.
Sentimental Journey still carries
its original Army Air Force serial number, 44-83514. It was
retired from the Air Force in January 1959. In the sixties,
"Sentimental Journey" flew for Aero Union Corporation
of Chico, California as tanker #E17. It is currently registered
to the American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum of Midland,
Texas. It is operated by the Arizona Wing of the Confederate Air
Force out of Falcon Field near Mesa, Arizona.
The persistant marine layer
overcast prevented Sentimental Journey from making very many
flights during its stay in Santa Barbara. It is seen here
starting up its engines on Tuesday, May 22.
Sentimental Journey on approach to
land on Runway 25 on the afternoon of May 22.
Throttling back over the threshold.
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A towering cumulonimbus cloud looms
in the background as Sentimental Journey concludes her visit to
Santa Barbara.
Sentimental Journey runs up its
engines as it prepares to depart for Watsonville.
It was so humid that contrails
streamed from the propeller blade tips of B-17G, N9323Z
Sentimental Journey as it ran up its engines.
Contrails stream from the propeller
blade tips of B-17G, N9323Z Sentimental Journey as it departs for
Watsonville.
Sentimental Journey visited Fox Field near Lancaster from May 3 to May 9, 2005.
Sentimental Journey arrived at the Santa Barbara Airport on Monday, April 23, 2007 and stayed until Friday April 27.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N9323Z Sentimental Journey
B-17G N9323Z Sentimental Journey
B-17G N9323Z Sentimental Journey and P-51D N5428V Gunfighter.
B-17G N9323Z Sentimental Journey
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N9323Z Sentimental Journey
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N9323Z Sentimental Journey runs up its R-1820 radial engines as pyrotechnics from the Thunderbolt demonstration are detonated in the background.
B-17G N9323Z Sentimental Journey
B-17G N9323Z Sentimental Journey
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B-17G N9323Z Sentimental Journey at the Copperstate Fly-in at Casa Grande Airport on October 23, 2010.
Nose art on the left side of B-17G N9323Z Sentimental Journey
Deer Valley, Arizona, November 14 - 15, 2010
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z arrived at Deer Valley Airport at 10:53 AM on Saturday, November 14.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z landed one minute after Maid in the Shade.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
North American B-25J Mitchell Maid in the Shade N125AZ and Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
North American B-25J Mitchell Maid in the Shade N125AZ and Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z and Boeing B-29 Superfortress Fifi N529B
North American B-25J Mitchell Maid in the Shade N125AZ, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z, and Boeing B-29 Superfortress Fifi N529B
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z returned from a revenue flight at 3:35 PM.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey Deer Valley Airport November 14 2010: You can buy prints up to 10-2/3" by 16" or 5" x 7" greeting cards of this photograph.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Fifi N529B taxis behind Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z is powered by four Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9-cylinder radial engines.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Sentimental Journey N9323Z
Falcon Field, Arizona, March 28, 2011
