The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: To modern eyes, the hodgepodge floor and open rivets are daunting, but it was the modern technology of the 1930s and ’40s. A six to seven inch wooden plank and ...

Currently, Ye Olde Pub is one of only three airworthy B-17s in the world, alongside Sentimental Journey (44-83514, N9323Z) operated by the Commemorative Air Force in Mesa, Arizona, and Sally B (44 ...

Scott Thompson of AeroVintage shares the latest restoration updates on the Erickson Aircraft Collection's three B-17s in Madras, Oregon, focusing on pioneering wing spar replacements and fuselage work ...

Imagine being 19 years old in 1945, bundled in an electrically-heated flight suit and soaring at 20,000 feet above the English Chanel toward Hamburg, Berlin or Düsseldorf in a B-17 Flying ...

In recent years, the Erickson Aircraft Collection’s B-17, Ye Olde Pub, has been flown down to Stockton from Madras, Oregon, several days ahead of the event so it can be configured back to true ...

The Federal Aviation Administration recently issued a directive to ground all Boeing B-17E, F and G models of the Flying Fortress aircraft. The interim move, published on May 17, is meant to ...

The Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” is arguably the most recognizable aircraft of the Second World War. Made infamous by the daring daylight strategic bombing runs they carried out over Germany ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a workhorse heavy bomber employed by the United States and one of the most legendary planes of World War II.The bomber entered service in the 1930s and continued ...

B-17 Flying Fortress stops in Billings . ... The B-17G, nicknamed the Flying Fortress, had a top speed of 287 mph with a range of 2,000 miles and a 6,000-pound bomb load.