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It was sometime in 1986, I saw a news segment on TV about a group in Geneseo, New York who had purchased a retired water-bomber B-17 Flying Fortress and planned to fly it off a grass strip. Later that year we saw the B-17 and Dr. Bill Anderson’s P-40 at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s airshow in Hamilton, Ontario. In the fall we made a scouting trip to this place called Geneseo and fell in love with the area. Our first sight driving up Big Tree Lane was the tail of the B-17 sticking out of a makeshift shelter. The whole grass roots feeling of Geneseo was like nothing we had ever seen before.

We were allowed to tour the B-17 and wander through the museum freely. At the time Dr. Bill’s P-40 was being taped up to the have the Flying Tigers Sharks Mouth and R.T. Smiths markings applied. 

We returned to Geneseo for the 1987 Airshow where we were amazed by the venue. Freedom to wander the flightline combined with a flawless countryside as a backdrop was something we had never seen before. We were hooked.

From 1987 on Geneseo was a show not to be missed. In 1988, we saw six B-17s take to the air in a mass flypast that included several P-51s and a P-40.

Geneseo 1989 offered a chance to see the Canadian Warplane Heritage’s Avro Lancaster operate off a grass strip as well as this unique heavy bomber formation.

Also at the 1989 Airshow David Tallichet’s ex-Swedish Air Force A4-DW Skyraider flew in under a S-64 Tarhe helicopter.

The following years offered many great sights and in 2012 the Geneseo Airshow is still a highly anticipated event in the North East United States.

Geneseo Airshow images from previous years

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