But after the Boeing B-17 bomber crash Wednesday that claimed seven lives and injured six, some are questioning whether the bombers are safe for paying passengers at all. The plane involved ...

Nine-O-Nine, the vintage plane that crashed Wednesday while carrying ... Despite the windy gaps, the B-17 was named the Flying Fortress for a reason. Its resilient design gained a reputation ...

Bob Riddell, who died in the crash of a B-17 bomber at Bradley airport on Wednesday, took this photo as the aircraft taxied for take off and shared it with his friends on Facebook. (Used with ...

The second plane served as a water bomber and nuclear test target. The restored "Nine-O-Nine" crashed in 1987 and was subject to an extensive rebuilding. Nine-O-Nine, the B-17 bomber involved in ...

The B-17 "Flying Fortress" was the most storied aircraft ... Over 238,000 were produced, only 12 flyable examples remained before Monday's crash (a total of 53 survive in one form or another).

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 ...

Franken was deeply involved in earlier research into the Oct. 1 crash of a B-17 bomber from Great Falls Army Air Base just outside Big Sandy. With help from volunteers from the River and Plains ...

(Tribune News Service) — Saturday morning broke hot and muggy, not unlike the day 78 years ago when 25 men climbed about a converted B-17 bomber to ... where that plane crashed, just to remember.

What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status ... less than two days later Model 299 crashed after its elevator gust-lock remained engaged during landing.

“You’re given the controls of a four-engine bomber when you’re ... he enclosed a piece of a B-17 wing, telling the teenager it was from a crash that had killed two of his friends and ...

Nine-O-Nine, the vintage plane that crashed Wednesday while carrying ... Despite the windy gaps, the B-17 was named the Flying Fortress for a reason. Its resilient design gained a reputation ...