For Immediate Release May 1, 2008
Commemorative Air Force
Arizona Wing Aviation Museum
2017 N. Greenfield
Road • Mesa, Arizona 85215
www.azcaf.org
Telephone: (480)
924-1940
Rick Senffner
pio@azcaf.org
Arizona Wing
of the Commemorative Air Force at Fredericksburg, TX. B-17 Flying
Fortress SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY will be on display at the GILLESPIE
COUNTY Airport, September 12-17.
WHAT: The
most fully restored B-17 Flying Fortress SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY a World War II
vintage bomber airplane will fly into Gillespie County
Airport, offering the public an up-close and personal look at this
unique piece of aviation history. The public is invited to tour this
airplane–inside and out. A $5.00 donation is requested
to tour through the plane. There’s even the opportunity for some lucky
individuals to actually take a flight in SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY and experience
this rare aircraft first-hand. Flight opportunities on
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY is $425 - per person tax-deductible with a minimum
of 5 persons per flight. The flight will average 45 minutes. Minimum age of
passengers is 18 years. For more
information and to make reservations call 602-448-9415.
Only a handful of these rare birds remain in the world today and most of them
are on static display in museums.
WHERE: The aircraft will be on display at Gillespie County Airport.
WHEN:
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY will arrive at Gillespie County
Airport at 12:00 noon Friday, September 12,
and will be on display at Gillespie County Airport
until the aircraft departs Wednesday morning September
17.
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY will be displayed
and can be toured from 12:00 p.m. to 6 p.m. (or until the crowd thins out),
weather permitting on September 12
September 13-16, 9 AM to 6 PM (or until the crowd thins out), weather
permitting.
WHO: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY has been restored as a
flying museum/memorial by the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing so the
public can tour these one of a kind aircraft.
All tour proceeds benefit SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. Members of the Arizona
Wing of the Commemorative Air Force are volunteers and the Commemorative Air
Force is a non-profit organization.
WHY: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY is a flying memorial and
museum of the men who flew and crewed these airplanes, as well as the men and
women who built them more than 50 years ago during and especially to the crews
that did not return. The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for the daylight
bombing raids over Germany during World War II and could sustain such battle
damage that the aircraft lived up to its name of the Flying Fortress. Out of
12,731 built there are only about 10 restored and airworthy examples
remaining. For the airplane enthusiast,
it’s an opportunity to have a museum come to the visitor instead of the
traditional other way around.
The public will not only have the
opportunity to look them over from the inside out, but to hear and see them
fly. It’s a unique opportunity for aviation enthusiasts young and
old. Aviation gifts will be available for
purchase through the PX. See the Arizona Wing CAF website for more information on
Sentimental Journey at www.azcaf.org
For further information e-mail Rick
Senffner for information or images at pio@azcaf.org