Monday marks a major milestone for Seattle’s ties to the aviation industry. It’s been exactly 90 years since the first flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. There are only three left in existence ...
Experience history at Planes of Fame this October with B-17 Flying Fortress "Sentimental Journey." Tours, flight experiences, Mustang demonstration, and hands-on activities await aviation enthusiasts.
The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station ...
By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist The gunners of the B-17 Flying Fortress were a different breed. These men endured ...
A former aerospace repair worker, Johnson had built replica airplane equipment, replica plane seats and a full 737 flight ...
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the extraordinary B-17 Flying Fortress bomber played an enormous part in the Allied victory in World War II. The B-17 was the most prolific bomber in the U.S ...
As part of a unit known as the Bloody 100th, he flew 25 harrowing missions in his B-17 bomber over German-held territory ...
WATERLOO -- EAA Chapter 227 will host the World War II B-17 bomber Aluminum Overcast at the Waterloo Regional Airport from Friday through Sunday. People will be able to take flights in the bomber.
Maj. John “Lucky” Luckadoo, the last surviving B-17 pilot of the Eighth Air Force’s famed “Bloody Hundredth” Bombing Group, died in his home Sept. 1, his family announced. He was 103. “The Major left ...