# Today I was passed by a B-24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-passed-by-a-b-24/500452 "2009-06-21T04:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-passed-by-a-b-24/500452/1 "2009-06-21T04:34:00Z")
I’m home from New Orleans. On the freeway home, as I was approaching Boeing Field, I was overtaken by a B-24 Liberator. (Obviously it was above the freeway and not on it.) Unfortunately neither camera was handy. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-passed-by-a-b-24/500452/2 "2009-06-21T06:28:35Z")
Cool. I have been in a B-52 and flown in a DC-3, and both experiences rocked. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-passed-by-a-b-24/500452/3 "2009-06-21T12:29:03Z")
Saw one up close about 12 years ago, at Nashville International. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-passed-by-a-b-24/500452/4 "2009-06-21T13:59:40Z")
The B-24 is the Dodge Caravan of WWII bombers. And I mean that in the best possible sense. Lucky you! A few years ago I was driving home after work on the 105 freeway in LA, and as I’m creeping along in traffic, an immaculate, shining B-17 came in on final approach to the Hawthorne airport. The runway is parallel to the road, separated about 150 yards. I almost ran into a bridge piling. I’m gawping out the window and pointing but everyone around me was just staring straight ahead, thinking about dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-passed-by-a-b-24/500452/5 "2009-06-21T14:06:54Z")
One time I was flying a Robinson R22 into Van Nuys Airport. There was a B-24 and a B-25 in the pattern. They were at 800 feet, the helicopter pattern altitude, instead of the 1,000 foot pattern altitude for fixed-wings. I had to make a 360 to let them by.