{"id":2688,"date":"2009-09-13T19:57:17","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T23:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2688"},"modified":"2009-12-21T12:41:52","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T17:41:52","slug":"wings-of-freedom-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/13\/wings-of-freedom-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Wings of Freedom 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent a few hours at Waterbury-Oxford airport this afternoon photographing the Betty Jane, a World War II era TP-51C Mustang. The “Betty Jane” is touring the country along with the B-17G “Nine-O-Nine” and the B-24J “Witchcraft” as of the Collings Foundation’s annual Wings of Freedom tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’ve photographed both the Nine O Nine<\/a> and the Witchcraft<\/a> extensively over the last few years so main focus today was the Betty Jane (a full set of photos is available in the Gallery<\/a>.) but I did snap a few photos of the other aircraft and exhibits:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The "Witchcraft" a World War II era B-24J Liberator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The "Nine O Nine" a WWII era Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The "Nine O Nine" a WWII era Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A close-up of the Witchcraft's nose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A close-up of the Witchcraft's nose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A close-up of the Nine O Nine's nose.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A close-up of the Nine O Nine's tail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A close-up of the Witchcraft's tail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The "Betty Jane" a World War II era North American TP-15C Mustang.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A Jeep and Trailer from the Military Museum of Southern New England.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent a few hours at Waterbury-Oxford airport this afternoon photographing the Betty Jane, a World War II era TP-51C Mustang. The “Betty Jane” is touring the country along with the B-17G “Nine-O-Nine” and the B-24J “Witchcraft” as of the Collings Foundation’s annual Wings of Freedom tour. I’ve photographed both the Nine O Nine and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[97],"tags":[297,77,99,100,103,107,108,110,104,1371,102,98,106],"class_list":{"0":"post-2688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-photography","7":"tag-administrivia","8":"tag-aircraft","9":"tag-b-17g","10":"tag-b-24j","11":"tag-betty-jane","12":"tag-flying-fortress","13":"tag-liberator","14":"tag-mustang","15":"tag-nine-o-nine","16":"tag-photography","17":"tag-tp-51c","18":"tag-vintage-aircraft","19":"tag-witchcraft","20":"entry","21":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-Hm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":279,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/04\/wings-of-freedom\/","url_meta":{"origin":2688,"position":0},"title":"Wings of Freedom","author":"Jeff","date":"September 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I spent a couple of hours at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport this afternoon photographing four vintage aircraft operated as flying museums by the Collings Fondation. 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