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A World War II bomber that was once owned by Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford and used to test the company’s turboprop engines was destroyed Monday when it was forced to make an emergency ...
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most iconic aircraft of World War II, but its story is full of strange twists ...
A 35,000-pound B-17 bomber crash-lands in Belgium—no crew aboard, engines still running. RAF soldiers find no signs of life, only personal items and a cryptic note. The crew had bailed out over ...
The lead investigator into the deadly B-17 bomber crash on Wednesday at Bradley International Airport said Friday that investigators have recovered all four of the 75-year-old plane’s engines… ...
In a dramatic scene that could have played out in Europe during World War II, a restored B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber made an emergency landing Monday in a west suburban cornfield after an engine ...
Retropolis Flight of restored B-17 bomber harks back to days when skies were not so blue Aviation enthusiasts are using World War II aircraft to drum up interest in flying -- and an older ...
Summary and Key Points: The Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” revolutionized aerial warfare when it debuted in the mid-1930s. As a four-engine bomber, it offered greater payload capacity and range ...
The four-engine, propeller-driven B-17 bomber struggled to get into the air and slammed into a maintenance building at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.
Nine-O-Nine, the vintage plane that crashed Wednesday while carrying aviation enthusiasts in Connecticut, was among 13,000 B-17 bombers produced in the buildup to and during World War II.
Oregon-native Art Lacey bought a decommission WWII B-17 bomber in 1947 and parked it above his gas station.
Unfortunately, none of these four games centered around the famed B-17 Flying Fortress bomber has a release date. However, if we’re allowed to guess, these won’t be out until at least 2023.
Marengo resident Mike Kellner has been rebuilding a B-17 for more than 30 years. He bought the bones of it for the price of scrap metal in 1984 in Maine. He hopes to have it up in the air sometime ...