NEWS RELEASE

Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing

2017 N. Greenfield Road • Mesa, Arizona 85215
www.azcaf.org
Telephone: 602-448-9415

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 26, 2010, Mesa, Arizona

Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force at Mt. Vernon, IL.
B-17 Flying Fortress SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY will be on display at the Mt. Vernon Airport, June 10-13.

WHAT:  The most fully restored B-17 Flying Fortress SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY a World War II vintage bomber airplane will fly into Mt. Vernon 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. 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 are available on SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. A flight on SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY is $425 per person for the waist section and $600 per person in the nose section. A portion of the flight cost is tax-deductible. The total experience will average 45 minutes and include boarding, engine start, taxi, takeoff and landing and shutdown. For more information and to make reservations call
602-448-9415. Only a handful of these rare birds remain in the world today and even fewer provide the opportunity to experience flight just as the flight crews did during WW II. 

B-17 Sentimental Journey Tours

$5.00 for ages 13 to Adult

$3.00 for children ages 5 through 12 and free for children under 5

B-17 Flights $425 per person for the waist section and $600 per person in the nose section.

WHERE: The aircraft will be on display at Mt. Vernon Airport.  

WHEN SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY will arrive at Mt. Vernon Airport in the afternoon Thursday, June 10, and will be on display until the aircraft departs Monday, June 14 for Lexington-Parsons, TN.
Display dates and times at Mt. Vernon Airport
June 10 – Afternoon arrival and on display till 6:00 PM
June 11 through June 13 – 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
June 14 – Departs for Lexington-Parsons, TN

WHO: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY has been restored as a flying museum/memorial by the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing so the public can tour this 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 museum and memorial to the men who flew and crewed these airplanes, as well as the men and women who built and delivered them more than 60 years ago and to the crews that did not return. The B-17 Flying Fortress was famous for daylight bombing raids over Germany during World War II and could sustain such significant battle damage that the aircraft lived up to its name, 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 Sentimental Journey from the inside out, but to hear and see this famous aircraft fly. It’s a unique opportunity for aviation enthusiasts and history buffs 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