Farewell to the Yankee Lady

 As I was perusing Facebook, I saw a post the Yankee Lady was going up.  In this post, it was mentioned that she would be on her way to her new home tomorrow.  Not being sure if I would be able to catch her tomorrow, I headed over to Willow Run to catch her.

Fortunately, she circled around the field again because I was able to catch her.  Unfortunately, my pictures are the greatest.  Hopefully I can get better pictures tomorrow.

Earlier in the summer, I found out that they sold her to a group in California.  I didn't see her go up much over the summer and I found out that they were doing some work on her.

I think this was a check ride before she has to make her hop to California.

When I found out that they were selling her, I was upset but then I read about the financial realities they are facing.  I think her last maintenance was over a million dollars.  I don't think it's going to get any cheaper to keep her flying.  They were able to get a fairly generous offer her for.  So I can understand why they took it.  I'm just not happy that I wont see a B-17 flying around anymore.