With the vast majority of the B-17’s airframe gone, the NTSB investigation has focused on the four 1,200 horsepower Wright R-1820 “Cyclone” engines recovered from the crash site ...

On April 13, 1945, the final Boeing-built B-17 Flying Fortress was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Forces, marking the end of ...

The B-17’s cockpit ages well, but the copilot needs both hands to start the engines, and taxiing can ... 5 over the limits of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress I’m trying to land for the first ...

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was an iconic symbol of American ... At the time, it was more common to have two engines, so the inception of this heavy bomber signified a turning point in ...

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical ... B-17 was having having issues with the number 4 engine, which was seen sputtering and smoking by ...