Scott Thompson of AeroVintage shares the latest restoration updates on the Erickson Aircraft Collection's three B-17s in ...

They were assembled at Boeing's Seattle plant and under license by Douglas in Santa Monica and Lockheed-Vega in Burbank, California. A low-wing, all-metal monoplane, the B-17 featured a 74-foot ...

DALLAS — Two things drew Dr. Rick Hecker to the Gulf Coast wing of the Commemorative Air Force: Family and a chance to fly history. The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was coming out of a lengthy ...

Mike Hastings has flown a lot of airplanes, but "Aluminum Overcast" is unique. "It's incredible. The vibrations, the sound, the smoke from the radial engines," Hastings said. "And it's a piece of ...

Boeing B-17G Superfortress "Shoo Shoo Baby ... pretakeoff check of a B-17 “it was discovered that the left wing had shifted away from the fuselage by about 2 inches. Further investigation ...

About the Aircraft The B-17 Flying Fortress is perhaps one ... which transferred the old bomber its Gulf Coast Wing in 1974. USAF Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress named 'Texas Raiders' in the flying ...

The Nov. 12 midair collision at Dallas Executive Airport involved a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress ... collided with the left side of the B-17, just behind the wing section. A full report on the ...

The accident took place during the Wings Over Dallas World War II Airshow at 1:25 p.m. "A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and ... s Wings Over Dallas Show. Wing just came off as it made a pass over ...