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Images of and from the Collings Foundation Boeing B17 bomber "Nine O Nine.

I was fortunate to take a flight on the Nine O Nine from Brackett Field in La Verne, CA (POC) to Chino Hills and return.

While it was certainly enjoyable, it was also humbling and pensive experience. Yes, I was riding history. I was also riding a machine built to kill. I was also riding a machine that many were killed in. Definitely a complex experience...