Confederate Air Force's B17g "Sentimental Journey"

	A closer look, nose on. The open hatch on the port side is where we will enter later.
	A look up into the Nordon from the outside, through the chin guns
	A front quarter shot of the nose art. This plane was built in 1944 and actually flew combat missions in WWII in the PTO. After the war it was used for air-sea rescue and fighting forest fires before being donated to the CAF for restoration.
	A side shot of the props and nose.
	A close up of the engine and prop hub. Notice my reflection.
	The tires are quite big as demonstrated by my 3 year olds.
	This is looking up into the bomb bay from the ground. You can see people on the cat walk.
	The belly turret gun position, very cramped.
	Another shot of the belly turret looking forward, bomb bay doors open.
	A shot of the side gunner and tail markings.
	A rear angled shot of the plane. Note the scale, it's smaller than it looks in books and movies.
	This is the tail gunner position. You can see the gun sight through the window.
	A shot looking up the fuselage from the tail
	When we climbed in the first thing we saw was the bombardier compartment.
	This shows the port side cheek gun and the instruments used by the bombardier.
	Here is the nordon. The device to the left is the control for the chin turret pushed out of the way.
	Next stop was the cockpit. A nice shot of the instrumentation.
	Another shot of the dashboard. Most of the instrumentation was historical, but some will note the modern additions.
	Turning around behind the pilot seats, I took this looking up into the top turret position. You can see his controls.
	A detailed close up of the top turret gunner's bullet feed.
	The view when standing in the top gunner's position, aimed aft. He would have been able to shoot his own plane if not careful.
	To continue the tour, we had to go across this catwalk through the bomb bay.
	We have crossed it and now this is looking back towards the pilots.
	A picture showing where the navigator sat. Notice the stored top ventral gun above.
	A shot of the port side gunner. Raw 50 caliber power!
	Looking through the gun sight. You can see the physical aids, but this sight was also optical, just not turned on.
	My boys take a break on the flight bench where the side gunners would have sat.
	Here's me at the starboard side gunner postion. Note the top of the belly turret gunner behind me.
	Finally a shot at the rear tail gunner's position. It is hard to see, but the gunner would have kneeled between the 2 wooden boxes you see. The boxes held the ammo.
	The twins pose next to a hollowed out 100 lb. bomb used to take donation money.