{"id":30401,"date":"2019-06-17T12:31:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T16:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=30401"},"modified":"2019-06-17T16:56:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T20:56:39","slug":"chautauqua-county-jamestown-airport-to-host-national-warplane-museum-visit-on-june-22-and-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/chautauqua-county-jamestown-airport-to-host-national-warplane-museum-visit-on-june-22-and-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Chautauqua County Jamestown Airport to Host National Warplane Museum Visit on June 22 and 23"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A replica of famous Memphis Belle B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber will be at the Chuatauqua County airport on June 22 and 23. The bomber was also at the airport in 2009. (Image by Jason Sample)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

JAMESTOWN – Chautauqua County\u2019s Jamestown Airport<\/strong> is pleased to announce that the National Warplane Museum<\/strong>, based in Geneseo, N.Y., will deploy a WW II \u2013era B-17 \u201cFlying Fortress\u201d bomber and T-6 Texan<\/del> BT-13 to the Jamestown airport on Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, 2019 for static display, tours and excursion flights.<\/p>\n

The public is invited to tour the aircraft on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jamestown Airport, located at 3163 Airport Dr. in Jamestown, N.Y. Tours of the aircraft are $7 for adults. First Responders and veterans are welcome to tour the aircraft for free and family rates are available.<\/p>\n

The National Warplane Museum is a not for profit organization and all tour proceeds are used to operate and maintain these rare, old warbirds.<\/p>\n

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BT-13<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

For a fee, visitors will also have the opportunity to \u201ctake a flight into history\u201d aboard the BT-13 or the B-17 Flying Fortress, the exact aircraft used in filming the movie \u201cMemphis Belle.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

Flights are approximately 30 minutes from engine start up to engine shutdown. Rates for a flight in the BT-13 are $295 and rates for a flight in the B-17 are $650 for a ride in the bombardier, navigator or engineer station, and $450 for a ride in the crew station.<\/p>\n

Visitors wishing to pre-purchase tickets for an excursion flight aboard the venerable bomber can do so at the National Warplane Museum\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A complete description of the aircraft and its unique history can be also found on the National Warplane Museum\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

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JAMESTOWN – Chautauqua County\u2019s Jamestown Airport is pleased to announce that the National Warplane Museum, based in Geneseo, N.Y., will deploy a WW II \u2013era B-17 \u201cFlying Fortress\u201d bomber and T-6 Texan BT-13 to the Jamestown airport on Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, 2019 for static display, tours and excursion flights. The public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":30403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[391,9490],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/B-17-Bomber-2.jpg?fit=604%2C388&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-7Ul","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30401"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30412,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30401\/revisions\/30412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}