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 ...

In October the Nine-O-Nine, a fully restored Boeing B-17G bomber owned and operated ... who was regarded as one of the most experienced B-17 pilots in the world. While the National Transportation ...

Boeing has taken the wraps of its latest Transonic Truss-Braced Wing, a new configuration that the company says offers an unprecedented efficiency at Mach 0.80 speeds during flight. The new design ...

Rather than mating wing-skin panels and stringers by hand, a new assembly machine dubbed the Panel Assembly Line (PAL) will install rivets and fasteners via automation. Boeing says the 50-ton ...

Summary and Key Points: The new Apple+ series “Masters of the Air” showcases the WWII aviators of the 100th Bomb Group and their iconic Boeing B-17 bombers. -Developed in the 1930s ...