The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a preliminary Airworthiness Directive (AD) which will affect the operation of Boeing B-17E, F and G Flying Fortresses. The AD addresses a significant, wing-related issue which other B-17 […]
As many readers will be well aware, there are a number of Boeing B-17s under restoration to fly right now. Perhaps the boldest of these projects is Mike Kellner’s effort in Marengo, Illinois. He and […]
The following is an edited version of Kevin “K5” Michels’ article on how the wartime manufacture of Boeing’s B-17 Flying Fortress adapted to get the best and most up-to-date variants of the aircraft to combat […]
When B-17G 44-83814 arrived at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Savannah, Georgia during January 2009 after decades of storage at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, Dr. Harry Friedman, […]
Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away on the restoration of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 for much of the past four decades, and we have covered […]
Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away on the restoration of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 for much of the past four decades, and we have covered […]
The Experimental Aircraft Association has just announced the release of a new book featuring dozens of personal stories of those who flew, built and maintained the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII. These stories were […]
The National Warplane Museum (NWM) in Geneseo, New York has just announced that they will no longer be flying the late David Tallichet’s Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-83546, and will be returning the aircraft to […]
The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska recently announced that it is starting a new interactive program labeled the Aircraft Adventure Series which will take place on a Saturday every few weeks this […]
WWII Heritage Days Honors Veterans and Medal of Honor Recipients B-17 Bomber and Dixie Wing Aircraft Offer Rides PEACHTREE CITY, GA. (April 9, 2018) – Nearly 50 World War II veterans will be honored at […]
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