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The Art Lacey Story (the great guys who made America great)
B-17 Alliance group ^
| March 11, 2013
| staff
Posted on 01/01/2016 7:47:06 PM PST by Baynative
The Art Lacey Story is one of brilliant marketing -- placing a retired WWII B-17 fighter plane as a gas station roof. Lacey knew this structure would attract and draw in drive-by customers,
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TOPICS: AMERICA - The Right Way!!; Business/Economy; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: b17; gas; spirit
Art Lacey's daughter, Punky Scott, knows the story of her father's wild B-17 adventure well and recently sat down with KATU News to tell the famous tale "The Incredible Journey of The Bomber". She said it all started at a party where her father, a local businessman, bragged that he was going to put a B-17 on top of his gas station.
"The whiskey, Punky explained, was to be used to bribe the local fire department. Art didn't have any money left for gas and he wanted to use their fire truck pumps to siphon fuel out of the two crashed B-17s. Oklahoma was a dry state at the time and whiskey was a good enticement." And so that's what they did and they fueled up and took off the next morning,"
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01/01/2016 7:47:06 PM PST
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Baynative
To: Baynative
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posted on
01/01/2016 7:54:04 PM PST
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Paladin2
(my non-desktoHussein's favorite Caliph.)
To: Baynative
“WWII B-17 fighter plane”
ooh boy
To: Baynative
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:14:14 PM PST
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MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: Smellin Salt
“WWII B-17 fighter planeâ€A very large assault rifle?
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:37:33 PM PST
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IncPen
(Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
To: Smellin Salt
Those were built by famed WWII aircraft manufacturer Glock.
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posted on
01/01/2016 9:45:13 PM PST
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MrEdd
(Hewck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Smellin Salt
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posted on
01/01/2016 10:07:35 PM PST
by
kiryandil
("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
To: Baynative
There was a restaurant next door that served home made stew in sour dough cannon balls for a really good price...and the food was great.
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posted on
01/01/2016 11:01:54 PM PST
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crazyhorse691
(I am all for making liberals bear food.)
To: crazyhorse691
It is still going strong and the food is first rate.I am rebuilding sections of the cockpit and top turret structure for that plane.It is now disassembled and under restoration to fly.
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posted on
01/01/2016 11:13:42 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: HANG THE EXPENSE
Lucky you for not only getting to help restore a fine aircraft, but, also to be able to enjoy a good meal.
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posted on
01/01/2016 11:30:32 PM PST
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crazyhorse691
(I am all for making liberals bear food.)
To: crazyhorse691
Guys like Lacy were the heroes I grew up reading about and admiring. They had dreams and a bold zest for life.
The government crushes people like this today. Liberalism (especially) hates individualism.
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01/02/2016 8:41:10 AM PST
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Baynative
(Liberty lost is a high price to pay for the experiment of socialism.)
To: Baynative
To: Baynative
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posted on
01/02/2016 12:24:35 PM PST
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TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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