I remember my dad taking me to air shows like the Cooperstate Fly-in as a kid. The highlight was usually the enormous B-17 Flyng Fortress that was on display and seemingly every show. As I kid, I just could not get over how big the plane was and imagined all that the mighty plane had seen and what its crew went through. Well, the plane and several of her friends are coming to Casa Grande AZ this weekend for the Cooperstate Fly in. Nowadays, for a price you can even take rides on the B-17, a B-25, helicopters; workshops and several exhibits. Another plane on display will be a Spitfire Mark IX, which is one of the iconic British Fighter airplanes used in WWII. The extravaganza is the largest of its type in the west and is the only all-volunteer fly-in around the globe. The event is no...
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