A man in Marengo, Illinois, is on a mission to fully restore a World War II-era B-17 bomber—a project he’s been diligently ...

My Dad was a B-17 Flying ... nose up can increase to the point where you may need two hands and a re-trim. In cruise mode, however, she’s very docile. A hangar mate who was a BA captain told me he ...

The First World War saw the advent of aerial combat, which brought a curious new addition to the history of art in warfare ... the crew of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress to name their aircraft ...

The restored Liberty Belle B-17, one of a fleet of four-engine heavy bombers constructed by Boeing Aircraft and dubbed the "Flying Fortress ... viewed from the glass nose -- where the bombardier ...

In 1947 Art Lacey was celebrating his 34th birthday, and as the party became more social, Lacey declared that he would buy a B-17 and place it atop his gas station.

It features the vast armadas of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during its missions over ... Two more machine guns were positioned in the nose for the bombardier and navigator to operate when ...

The B-17 is more than just ... described it as looking like a “flying fortress.” Boeing quickly adopted the fitting name for what has become a legend. The nose turret was mounted on top ...

"What we know is in 1944, the students at Father Ryan — in conjunction with other schools in Nashville — raised nearly $600,000 to purchase a Boeing B-17 Flying ... with the nose art, I ...

In 1944, workers at the nuclear reservation each chipped in to buy a Flying Fortress bomber and donated it to the U.S. Army Air Corps for missions over Europe. The B ... nose. The plane’s nose ...

Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17 ... of air at the Boeing plant in Seattle." "Production. B-17F heavy bombers. This girl in a glass house is putting ...

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress could ... only bomber to drop atomic bombs in wartime. The B-29 was designed in 1940 to replace the B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator, and the long-range ...