Where in the World is TravelGumbo, #104

The control panel says its a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress.

The call sign says its N3509G.

But there are plenty of examples around the world ..

Best get to work on the clues !!

More clues coming, starting with one more tomorrow....

Huuum, I feel that we are getting warm palms here GarryF. Mind, spring is almost upon us  finally and maybe time for you to visit Miss Angela perhaps?

I would love to pay the fair maiden a call Mac.

But alas, I fear,  you may have courted her emotions and beat me to the post !

Oh but no my friend GarryRF, a real maid is never truly undone until the true nature of her flight is revealed to all!

A wonderful man I had the privilege to meet many years ago told me a story.

He was a pilot with the Royal Air Force 1939 - 45 in WW2.

"You young people today - you talk of the stress you suffer. You stop your motor car and in the rear view mirror you see someone flashing their headlights at you. You get a stress attack and curse him. When I was a young man I suffered the same problem. The flashing lights I could see in my rear view mirror were the machine guns on the wings of a Messerschmitt trying to shoot my Spitfire out of the sky - and me with it ! Now that WAS  stress ! " I regret not stopping to listen to him for a while longer.

From the looks of things its a fairly antiquated cockpit without any leds or other highly modern instruments. From the total lack of modern instruments and the view out the cockpit I'd have to think it that this is a museum piece and the piece of  hardware is undoubtably western. I'm looking forward to both the guesses of our Gumbo seekers and what the actual answer here is (I'm in the dark)!

That is a true cockpit, as constructed, as it exists today.  This plane still is airworthy.

Well, then my much modified comment should still serve those who view it!

My Dad spent the latter years of WWII flying these as navigator & bombardier.  Fortunately for us, he wasn't sent overseas but was an instructor, teaching others who did go.  He had a love of flying and aircraft of those times that he passed on to me and I get teary, as he did, seeing them and maybe even more, hearing the sound.

It is just amazing to realise that this was the real life daily view-point for a lot of very brave young men. Fascinating but also very thought provoking and sobering...

Time for two more clues, taken at the same site.

Does that help?