Well, I'm off to what I call my "once in a lifetime most excellent adventure" and that is crewing on a 1944 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named "Liberty Belle" to England.

Here's our schedule:

1. Depart Bangor, Maine June 30th
2. Arrive Goose Bay, Labrador (overnight)
3. Narsarsuaq, Greenland (fuel stop) and overfly The Lost Squadron
4. Reykjavik, Iceland (overnight)
5. Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Scotland (overnight)
6. Islay, Scotland (overnight)
7. Duxford, England (arriving July 4th for Press Event)

We will participate in The Flying Legends Air Show at Duxford July 12-13, as well a memorial flyby at The American War Cemetery outside of Cambridge, visit RAF Station Biggin Hill and RAF Framingham where this B-17 was based during WWII.

We will have a TV documentary crew on board for the entire trip and hopefully you will see our trip televised on The History Channel, Discovery Channel, CNN, etc. in the near future. A real highlight for all of us on board will be a passenger / crew member named Ted Hoddinott who was a B-17 pilot with the 487th Bomb Group during WWII. He will be a great addition to our crew of 10, and what stories he must have to share with us.

One of our sponsors is installing a satellite communications and tracking system onboard which will allow you to track our progress 24 hours a day. Go to www.libertyfoundation.org. We will have a King Air (corporate aircraft) chase plane along for both crossings. This will allow us to have a camera ship and will add greatly to the documentary effort.

Pray for good weather and no mechanical delays!

Best Regards,
Bob Cannon