Please sign out guest book. We love hearing from you and reading your comments.   Guest:   John Lane     Location:   Jerome, ID, USA     Date:   4/21/2008 2:53:03 PM     Comments:   When I lived in Arizona, I had been the Maintenance Officer for the CAF's B-17G "Sentimental Journey", Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ. During this time the Lacey's were kind enough to exchange many parts and or borrow to replicate for the restoration of our flying example. Working for "Champlin Fighter Museum" until 1985, I shifted gears and moved to Idaho where I now operate a WW2 aircraft restoration facility, "Airpower Unlimited". I want to respectfully express my sincere gratitude and best wishes     Guest:   John Lane     Location:   Jerome, ID, USA     Date:   4/21/2008 2:52:58 PM     Comments:   When I lived in Arizona, I had been the Maintenance Officer for the CAF's B-17G "Sentimental Journey", Falcon Field, Mesa, AZ. During this time the Lacey's were kind enough to exchange many parts and or borrow to replicate for the restoration of our flying example. Working for "Champlin Fighter Museum" until 1985, I shifted gears and moved to Idaho where I now operate a WW2 aircraft restoration facility, "Airpower Unlimited". I want to respectfully express my sincere gratitude and best wishes     Guest:   Joe M     Location:   Toronto, ON, CANADA.     Date:   4/13/2008 3:51:05 PM     Comments:   What an amazing place...Nice to see history is still Alive. I miss oregon:(     Guest:   Jerry Crawford     Location:   Tomball, TX, USA     Date:   4/6/2008 7:45:42 AM     Comments:   I grew up watching the air war over Europe.. Lots of memories     Guest:   Shannon Altringer     Location:   Beaverton, OR, USA     Date:   3/18/2008 3:34:39 PM     Comments:   I remember as a teenager my Mom would tell me stories of how she would climb up inside the airplane and sit there eating olives out of the can. She also told me that she worked at the cafe as a waitress typing the menus in 1961 (she was a senior in high school - Milwaukie High). I also remember driving my Mom and Dad's Orange 72 Ford pickup truck and waiting in line to get gas that was .72 cents a gallon then. I am now 43 years old. Great memories!     Guest:   WILLIAM     Location:   West Linn, OR, USA     Date:   3/16/2008 4:17:28 PM     Comments:   hello we like ur food the Restaurant that a pretty neat place to eat at     Guest:   Gary Smith     Location:   Anacortes, WA, USA     Date:   3/16/2008 12:27:11 PM     Comments:   Glad to see the bomber is still there and that they are trying to restore it. We lived in NE Portland in the 60's. My Dad, a crew chief on P-47s, took us there and we climbed all over the insides. Great memories. Haven't been there since the 70's. Will have to go again some day.     Guest:   Ann Wilmoth     Location:   Louisville, KY, USA     Date:   3/8/2008 1:11:29 PM     Comments:   So glad to see your excellent website and that you're continuing in your mission to restore Lady Lacey. Mrs. Scott, thank you again for opening up the museum for us last spring and giving us the personal tour, it was one of the highlights of our trip. Hope to visit you again one day and encourage others to visit as well.     Guest:   Karlene J Richards     Location:   Anchorage, AK, USA     Date:   3/2/2008 7:12:41 PM     Comments:   Hello, I am so grateful to see the "Bomber" is still there. My former husband and myself used to work at the "Bomber". We had 2 boys Jason and Michael who used to climb the trees and I would be worried sick that they would fall. I really miss that area. Graciously, Karlene Richards     Guest:   Steve Gutendorf     Location:   Milwaukie, OR, Clackamas     Date:   1/19/2008 1:27:41 PM     Comments:   God bless the LACY'S for their continuing sacrifice and contributions to the community in which I was privileged to grow up in. My condolences to you regarding the passing of your mother Berdine...     Guest:   John Barnhart     Location:   Milwaukie, OR, USA     Date:   12/20/2007 12:31:26 PM     Comments:   Always enjoy the Bomber and especially the Sunday dinner. Especially enjoy when the special is Swiss Steak. It's just like my mother used to make. And the staff is delightful and always friendly. Makes you feel as if you are dining "at home" with good ol' home cooking. Continued success!!!     Guest:   Tim & Margie Warthen     Location:   San Diego, CA, USA     Date:   11/6/2007 4:01:24 PM     Comments:   What a fantastic surprise! While vacationing in North West Oregon last week we were driving through Milwaulkie looking for a fun place to have dinner! And there was the Bomber! It's an uplifting story that should be a movie! The food and service at the restaurant was great. We wish you had a franchise in San Diego! Thank you for sharing history with us.     Guest:   William     Location:   West linn, OR, USA     Date:   9/29/2007 3:56:24 PM     Comments:   LOVE YOUR FOOD THERE YOU GUYS GOT GREAT FOOD. LOVE THAT Bomber out fornt .that a neat place to eat at.     Guest:   Vincent     Location:   Monroe, WA, USA     Date:   8/28/2007 12:06:31 AM     Comments:   My father is a bid fan of military aircraft and it was a treat to see this aircraft on 'the side of the road' in Milwaukie! How close is the plane to getting fully restored? Will the nose be re-attached? Will the location the plane is at be used for anything else to compliment the bomber? Thank you!     Guest:   William R Lacey Jr     Location:   New London, CT, United States     Date:   8/16/2007 6:23:22 AM     Comments:   Hey I think the plane is fantastic, nice to keep history physically alive. Hey wounder if we are related. Have a great day Bill     Guest:   Dan.Roloff (gmail)     Location:   Milwaukie, OR, USA     Date:   7/27/2007 10:14:38 PM     Comments:   I grew up in the area and my cousins and I used to spend hours playing inside the airplane, crawling from nose to tail. This was probably around 1964 and I was about 13 at the time. I even climbed up through the radio area and sat on top of the fuselage, until Art saw me and let me know (calmly) that I should get back down. It was wonderful to be allowed the chance to learn so much about the B-17 and I certainly thank Art Lacy for allowing it. My parents were regular customers of the gas statio     Guest:   Danna Dyke     Location:   San Diego, CA, usa     Date:   7/27/2007 4:37:25 PM     Comments:   My husband and I lived on S.E. Jennings from 1970-1973 while he attended graduate school and besides two wonderful children, we brought back fond memories of seeing the Bomber everytime we drove down to Milwaukie. Thank you for maintaining such an awesome part of history!!     Guest:   Chris Lacey     Location:   Mountain Home, ID, U.S.A.     Date:   7/27/2007 11:56:42 AM     Comments:   My dad was Art Lacey's half brother, which makes Punky and I kissing cousins. My family and I used to go to the Bomber many times to see Art and Berdine. As a kid, going to the Bomber was so exciting because you never knew what Art was going to say or do. I can remember sitting in the cockpit of the B-17G in the 60's playing like I was the pilot. My sister and I used to go up to the Bomber once in awhile and help pump gas, or deliver oil. I can still remember riding with Art in his red convertab     Guest:   bill wickland     Location:   Reedsport, OR, USA     Date:   7/25/2007 1:21:34 PM     Comments:   The Bomber 60th this month? I was 8 yrs old, an inquisitive kid who lived less than a mile away, and had a bike. I was underfoot a lot while that place was being put together, and Art actually took time to answer my questions, and Berdine was gorgeous and pleasant, and they called their 6-yr-old daughter Punky. That stuff amazed me. Then, Art Lacey promoted a program at MUHS in which we could earn credit and walking-around money for pumping gas. Biz Ed? I somehow got into that program,     Guest:   Colleen Foster     Location:   Milwaukie, OR, United States of America     Date:   5/16/2007 12:35:49 PM     Comments:   Congratulations of 60 years of fine service. Keep up on the great work.     Guest:   kathleen berry     Location:   huntingtown, MD, the GREAT USA!     Date:   3/17/2007 2:02:22 PM     Comments:   I'm originally from Milwaukie and growing up as a child I remember my folks stopping for gas and being able to take a look inside the bomber (early sixties)..I am really glad to know that restoration is underway!!     Guest:   Nate M     Location:   Seattle, WA, US     Date:   3/16/2007 12:09:04 PM     Comments:   I have great memories of my dad taking me to the bomber in the late 70's early 80's to have breakfast and see if any of the any of the guys from Portland Wrestling were in to eat. Many of them used to live in the attached motel, as I recall...     Guest:   TJ     Location:   Anchorage, AK, U.S.A.     Date:   2/28/2007 11:48:22 PM     Comments:   Im a trucker here in Alaska that has seen only two B-17s in my life time. My life is centered around trucks , specificly the Peterbilt 359B Long Nose. I eat , sleep and breath trucks......Yet some how , the B-17 , like so many others befor me , has cast her spell upon me. Much in the same way that a beautiful woman captivates me , I find that Im unable to keep my eyes off of her. I dont think that our Armed Forces will ever again operate a more elegant lady than this one. She was not only gra     Guest:   Gary Pruitt     Location:   Mesquite, NV, USA     Date:   1/31/2007 7:55:44 PM     Comments:   I was born and raised in Grants Pass, Oregon. In the late 40s and early 50s we would always stop at your place going to and from my sisters place in Portland. I remember many neat times of playing in the bomber. Congratulations on keeping it going all these years.     Guest:   Brittany Webb     Location:   Ellensburg, WA, USA     Date:   1/28/2007 4:38:09 PM     Comments:   My parents are the original owners of The Great Waldo and Pepper Espresso stand. I've been into your restaurant many times, sometimes more than once a day. Your food and service is always great. The bomber restaurant always feels like home.     Guest:   lori deulen     Location:   portland, OR, usa     Date:   12/16/2006 1:14:30 PM     Comments:   my husband, and i we love your restaurant, the bomber! we will be moving to milwaukie, in march of 2007, so we will be eating at your restaurant alot. keep up the great work, and happy holidays!! sincerley, lori     Guest:   Jesse Exton     Location:   Tillamook, OR, USA     Date:   12/1/2006 9:57:28 PM     Comments:   Last time I saw the bomber, was six or seven years ago. Used to drive by on many occasions during the 60s and 70s, and bought gas there. Saw the web site in the Fords of the Fifties news letter "Down The Road" As a charter member of that car club, founded in 1975, I was suprised to see that our clubs "Happy Days Picnic" is being held at the Bomber, now! Good luck on the restoration of the B-17. We are fortunate to have the Blimp Base air museum here in Tillamook.     Guest:   Teresa     Location:   Salem, OR, USA     Date:   10/17/2006 8:56:23 PM     Comments:   Saw them at the Oregon State Fair/Veterans Memorial. Amazing. Do you have a book? Take a look at www.iloveyourstories.com Make your own book with pictures and your story.     Guest:   Bob & Barb Goodwin     Location:   Kalamazoo, MI, USA     Date:   10/2/2006 3:47:42 PM     Comments:   Congratulations on your restoration project of the Lacey Lady. Happened to pass by your aircraft a couple of weeks ago. This big bird deserves to survive and be placed in an indoor environment for the enjoyment of many more citizens to come in the future. Best wishes to Mr. and Mrs Lacy.     Guest:   Francisco Quiñones     Location:   Toa Baja, Puerto Rico     Date:   9/28/2006 9:14:00 PM     Comments:   back in 1974 when our family move to Milwaukie, Oregon I love to drive by and look at the bomber, being a WWII historian at that time the cockpit was still on just great to hear about this project I am back in Puerto Rico but will tell my grown kids about this.     Guest:   Joe Carpenter     Location:   Cedar Rapids, IA, USA     Date:   9/1/2006 3:42:14 PM     Comments:       Guest:   Susan venetucci     Location:   Milwaukie, OR, USA     Date:   8/29/2006 7:32:51 AM     Comments:   On August 30, 2006 will be my niece Stevie's last day of work as a waitress, hostess and caterer at the Bomber. Her Grandma Marian and I loved to visit her at the restaurant along with many other members of her family. I know she has loved serving all her "adopted family" too! She will miss all of her dear customers and co-workers I'm sure... and I know she will be missed by them. Thank you Punky for giving Stevie this opportunity to be part of your wonderful staff. Aunt Suzi     Guest:   Mike Martin     Location:   Salem, OR, United States of America     Date:   8/26/2006 10:16:43 PM     Comments:   Saw the Two Sisters Trio at the Oregon State Fair...they were part of the Veteran's Appreciation USO Show and it was Great !!! Thanks !!!     Guest:   Lisa Kane     Location:   Grants Pass, OR, USA     Date:   8/1/2006 2:54:15 PM     Comments:   I had the pleasure of having breakfast at your charming restaurant over the weekend. It made me miss my gradfather and our conversations about WWII and his love for flying. Thank you for being their for us all to enjoy-     Guest:   Rick Krisuk     Location:   Hubbard, OH, united states     Date:   6/5/2006 5:55:54 AM     Comments:   Just had a b-17 fly over our house last night. My neighbor builds/flies planes and he saw the plane but I missed it...was just searching web today and came across your websight...very inspirational!     Guest:   Lora Frey     Location:   Sheridan, CO, United States of America     Date:   6/4/2006 2:55:58 PM     Comments:   Hi, my Mom worked at the Stapleton Continental B-29 Modification Center in the late '40's and she told me of B-17's coming through as well. She worked in the tool/template room. She helped close down the Center when the last B-29's came through. I have been doing research on both the 17's and 29's. Imagine my joy when I found your 17 on the www.terraserver.microsoft.com web site by typing in your city and searching for her.     Guest:   Ray Wood     Location:   Sedalia, MO, USA     Date:   5/19/2006 9:02:11 AM     Comments:   I used to live in Oregon City. I am showing someone here pics of your restaurant and remembering how cool it is to have a bomber next to the BLVD. I miss Oregon.     Guest:   Donald Larson     Location:   White Rock/ Harbor Beach, MI, USA     Date:   5/15/2006 3:16:01 PM     Comments:   Read about the B-17 in 1994 and again in GA News 2006. Glad to hear about the restoration. Good luck on such a big undertaking and hope to visit your restaurant some day.     Guest:   Gary Suozzi     Location:   Marina Del Rey, CA, USA     Date:   4/9/2006 3:42:40 PM     Comments:   I had seen articles on this great aircarft. Glad to see she is being restored to her former beauty and glory. Keep up the good work.........:-)     Guest:   Mike Brill     Location:   Wausau, WI, U.S.A.     Date:   4/6/2006 12:16:20 AM     Comments:   Hello, learned about your establishment through an article in GA News monthly publication. I love the history section of your website! It's an incredible story how Art got the plane to it's destination. Makes me jealous, wish I was along for the ride! Glad to read that the old glorious bird is getting restored to flying condition! I am a huge admirer of the B-17's and think it's very important that there is an effort to keep as many of them around and flying as possible, for future admirers to     Guest:   Dave & Lyn Davalos     Location:   Milwaukie, OR, USA     Date:   2/21/2006 8:39:57 PM     Comments:   A friend for years.     Guest:   DeVerne and Carole     Location:   Joplin, MO, USA     Date:   1/27/2006 10:15:59 PM     Comments:   Sorry---Lacey's Lady will fly again! xxxooo     Guest:   DeVerne Hunt and Carole Smith     Location:   Joplin, MO, USA     Date:   1/27/2006 10:11:05 PM     Comments:   Dear Punky, We are the CFI truck drivers who stopped in a few years ago and you gave us the 10 cent tour including pics and articles you all had in your office. We have mentioned your story to several people this week and wanted to let you know we still think of you and hope all is going well with the restoration. Lacy's Lady will fly again! All the best, Carole and DeVerne     Guest:   Lyle     Location:   Salzburg, Austria     Date:   1/20/2006 11:24:18 AM     Comments:   Hi, i grew up in Milwaukie in the 60-70's and remember the Bomber well. In 1978 my friend Nancy worked for Art and she arranged for me to finally go up inside. I remember it like it was yesterday!     Guest:   David Goertzen     Location:   Walla Walla, WA, USA     Date:   1/3/2006 4:52:30 PM     Comments:   Hey gang well Imade it home thougt i'd drop you a line I hope things are going well for you all.Isure miss you guys talk to you later bye Punky and the crew tell Jerry to call me please.     Guest:   RC Brown     Location:   Medford, OR, USA     Date:   12/23/2005 11:12:10 AM     Comments:   Happy Holidays to all of you : I hope that things have been good this year. How is the restoration going ? I enjoyed our visit, talking about high school and seeing the plane was a great pleasure. Hope to hear & see more about the restoration soon. Happy New Year R.C. Brown     Guest:   Richard Eichenlaub     Location:   Kingman, AZ, USA     Date:   12/16/2005 11:21:52 PM     Comments:   Hi! Punky, Remember me? I pumped gas there in '59 with Leslie Smith and the gang. Still remember putting Gold Stars on the wing windows of cars for their Friday gas discounts. Those were the good old days. Can you imagine $.15 a gal. for Ethyl. Ha ha ha. Spent 28 years in the U.S. Navy, 3 yrs working for Increduble Universe and 5 yrs for Fry's Electronics in San Diego. I do visit my folks in Milwaukie from time to time and will stop by the next time I am in the area. OlSalty1@aol.com     Guest:   Charles Hamm     Location:   LaQuinta, CA, USA     Date:   12/11/2005 1:37:06 PM     Comments:   I'm thrilled about the restoration project. As kids, my brother and I would go up and play in the bomber in the late 50's. We wouldn't go down in the belly gunner pod because some guys used it as a restroom. It was scary walking across the narrow bridge over the bomb bay. Great memories of a great landmark.     Guest:   Fred C. Smyth     Location:   Oak Harbor, WA, USA     Date:   10/10/2005 5:06:43 PM     Comments:   I'm another one who was around your B-17 in the early Fifties. It's good to see you have a restoration plan in progress. Good luck and God speed!     Guest:   Bev (Augur) Carson     Location:   Pensacola, FL, USA     Date:   10/3/2005 6:36:22 PM     Comments:   My Dad used to stop by the Bomber to get gas in the late 40's, early 50's. My sister Jeri and I used to climb all over the plane. It was so big and kinda scary since we were so small. When we moved to Gresham we didn't get to see the Bomber often, but always looked for it, and the Whistling Pig Restaurant, when we drove down McLaughlin Blvd (not sure of the spelling). I can't believe you are still there. I will be sure to stop by over Thanksgiving weekend during our Portland visit this fall     Guest:   DavidVietmeier     Location:   Lodi, CA, USA     Date:   10/2/2005 5:20:10 PM     Comments:   As a teenager, I used to pass the Bomber on my way to Milwaukie on a weekly basis traveling from Hillsboro to Milwaukie for drum lessons. I saw a picture of the Bomber in a Street Faire here in Lodi California (10-2-05) and the lady selling the picture said it was a representation of the Bomber in Milwaukie Oregon. I had hoped that your website would have had more history on the Bomber and how it got where it did, etc. If there is a place to go on the web or via snail mail for the complete s     Guest:   Patrick & Franzi EBERLE     Location:   Pfaeffikon, Switzerland     Date:   9/11/2005 2:34:34 AM     Comments:   Hi Punky! Here are the bomber fans you have met from Switzerland!! You make a great job in preservation of this mighty and historic flying giant! We will send you soon some pictures of our WWII bomber excavation in the SWISS ALPS! Stay tuned and keep the history of this great men and their planes alive. We will do it also in Switzerland! Greetings from Switzerland Patrick & Franzi CH-8808 Pfaeffikon (Switzerland)     Guest:   Greg Gaunt     Location:   Tucson, AZ, US of A     Date:   8/3/2005 2:15:40 PM     Comments:   Wondering how the restoration is proceeding? Will there be pictures added to the website of its progress? Good luck and thanks for keeping the memory alive.     Guest:   Bob     Location:   Dillon, MT, usa     Date:   6/12/2005 9:19:51 PM     Comments:   Hi Spent summers in Portland, in the 60s always loved playing in the bomber, wish i was there again, thanks for restoring it!!     Guest:   Roberta     Location:   Sydney, Australia     Date:   6/7/2005 10:17:58 PM     Comments:   I remember visiting "The Bomber" as a young child with my brother (Jerry Bernard). Finding your site brought back fond memories and a happy smile on my face. They must have been your French fries I tried for the first time in my life! Wonderful to see you're still in business.     Guest:   Bob In Canada     Location:   Vancouver, Canada     Date:   5/29/2005 4:22:43 PM     Comments:   We used to come down to the auto Races at Portland (Rose City Speedway) in the 1970's....and had relatives in Milwaukie. I recall getting gas at the bomber many times. We would stay in Lake Oswego, and go to Vips restaurant! anyone recall that place?? Please e-mail me back at Thirdstage345@aol.com Can anyone tell me the EXACT date of the closing of the Bomber gas station? Was there notice that it was going to close? Or was it sudden? And was it news in the local papers? I would have come down     Guest:   Chaz     Location:   Senatobia, MS, United States     Date:   4/22/2005 7:39:02 PM     Comments:   cooll website     Guest:   pjk     Location:   pdx, OR, uSA     Date:   4/11/2005 3:47:45 PM     Comments:   hi-I went to the bomber as a kid,maybe over 50 years ago. how long have you been there? i'm hoping to take my grandkids soon. i have aa very pleasant memory of your plane.     Guest:   Mykal Taylor     Location:   Eugene, OR, USA     Date:   3/27/2005 5:01:37 PM     Comments:   My friends Danny and Roxie just moved up there. They sent me the url for your restrauarant. I am looking forward to checking it out the next time I go up to see my friends.     Guest:   Danny & Roxie Choroser     Location:   Gladstone, OR, United States     Date:   3/26/2005 11:16:40 PM     Comments:   We just moved to Gladstone last week from Eugene, and came into your restaurant this evening for dinner. My husband and I really enjoyed it! The atmosphere very nice, interesting memorabilia from World War II, very friendly people and excellent food!! Just about the best prime rib, salad and potato skins ever. We especially enjoyed your beautiful totem pole in the parking lot :-). We will be back many times. Thanks. Danny, Roxie and Angel     Guest:   Larry Ulrich     Location:   Bend, OR, USA     Date:   3/25/2005 11:57:56 AM     Comments:   I was 7 years old in 1947 and I used to go salmon fishing with my dad on the Willamette in the spring. We stopped there for gas quite often for several years. At that time, the bomber was open to the public and I have fond memories of going through the whole bomber and sitting in all the seats. I believe it was closed because of vandalism and theft. Thanks for the memories.     Guest:   Darrell North     Location:   Salem, OR, United States     Date:   3/14/2005 11:05:38 PM     Comments:   I first saw the bomber in 1975 when we moved back to Oregon from Florida. It made such an impact on me, that till today the B-17 is still my favorite bomber(sorry the P-38 takes #1 of the war birds). I think that what you are doing to preserve such a great part of our history is a wonderful thing, and I just wish that there were a way that I could have a part in it.     Guest:   Terry     Location:   Milwaukie, OR, usa     Date:   1/14/2005 11:11:08 AM     Comments:   Hi Steve Thank you!