Scott Thompson of Aero Vintage recently returned from a visit to the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon, where significant restoration work is underway on several Boeing B-17 Flying ...
In the spring of 1945, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress that would become the “Yankee Lady” was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps just as World War II was coming to an end. The aircraft would never ...
There are sounds that never really go away even after many years have passed and technology has changed a lot. The loud roar of four engines is one of those sounds. This is the kind of sound that used ...
A rare airworthy B-17 bomber, “Sentimental Journey,” returned to Boeing Field to celebrate the Flying Fortress’s 90th anniversary with public tours, honoring its legacy and historic production. On ...
The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station in western Oregon. A particular Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known today as ...
EUGENE — A strong jerk and a plume of smoke served as a signal that the engines on the World War II B-17G Aluminum Overcast bomber had started up. Inside, the machine gun turrets rumbled with the ...