The Flying Fortress The Boeing B-17 was built in response ... The Spirit No bomber that has flown has been as advanced as the B-2 Spirit, the world's first stealth bomber. With a crew of two ...

The Flying Fortress. A name that conjures up images of brave young men conducting daylight raids deep in enemy territory, far from home. The B-17 was bristling with defensive weapons and could ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress shaped the air war over Western Europe like no other World War II aircraft. From the outset of fighting, it provided a strategic bombing capability that the Axis could ...

The tower at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, clears me to land in a crosswind gusting to 40 knots, 5 over the limits of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress I’m trying to land for the first time. My instructor ...

With its “flying wing” design that makes it almost invisible to radar, the B-2 Spirit bomber is truly a standout among military planes – and also the world’s most expensive, at over $2 ...

The Flying Fortress crashed around 5:30 p.m., and plowed through pine trees as big around as a man’s waist. The plane – 103 feet wide, 74 feet long and 12 feet high – cut a swath that was ...

A B 17 C bomber known as the Flying Fortress experienced catastrophic failure during a routine flight over the Sierra eight of its nine crew safely parachuted. The pilot did not. The wreckage of ...