Last week, on the 64th anniversary of
D-Day, there was a B-17 'Flying Fortress' going back and forth over my house. I am assuming it was flying from Santa Rosa airport to Petaluma and back--there is an air museum at the Santa Rosa airport that has an airshow every year. It was an awesome thing to experience--it was the
sound more than the sight, although that also was very, very cool. Just the deep rumbling that those four huge engines make as it cruises along is impressive enough.
Anyway, on a somewhat-related topic, today I saw this and had to share. Lockheed camouflaged their entire operation in Burbank, California to make it less visible from the air. They were afraid the Japanese would fly in to attack targets in California, based on concerns founded in the post-Pearl Harbor era. They didn't do too bad a job, all things considered:
Before:
After:
Go to
Think or Thwim's blog entry to learn more.
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