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The B-17 Flying Fortress Turns 90

A rare airworthy B-17 bomber, “Sentimental Journey,” returned to Boeing Field to celebrate the Flying Fortress’s 90th anniversary with public tours, honoring its legacy and historic production.
As one of the most prolific bombers in the Allied war effort, the B-17 came to represent American air power in WWII. The B-17 pushed the limits of precision bombing technology with its innovative ...
A World War II B-17 Bomber has landed in Seattle, delighting onlookers with its nostalgic journey and historic significance.
B-17 Flying Fortress: Big Gamble for Boeing Today, Boeing may be an aerospace giant, but that certainly wasn’t the case in the early 1930s when Boeing – a company with just 600 employees ...
It’s been exactly 90 years since the first flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. There are only three left in existence ...
CAF is entirely self-supporting through memberships and donations. The nose of the B-17 Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey," which is believed to be the only B-17 still flying.
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 ...
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 ...
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Bell P-63 Kingcobra that went down in Saturday’s crash belonged to the CAF, which also put on the air show.
Still from "Masters of the Air." (Apple TV+) The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — or its computer-generated likeness — received plenty of screen time in the Apple TV+ series “Masters of the Air.” ...