The bomber also featured improved altitude over its predecessors, able to fly at a service ceiling of up to 35,000 feet ...

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

In this Sept. 29, 2004, file photo, the Nine-O-Nine, a Collings Foundation B-17 Flying Fortress, flies over Bristol. The lawsuit contends the pilots also failed to “run-up” the engines prior ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from B-17 Flying Fortress the Bloody 100th Manage and take control of the 10-man crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress as they attempt to complete 25 harrowing ...

Thirteen people were on board the vintage Boeing B-17 - dubbed the Flying Fortress - when it went down ... It could carry up to 13 50-calibre machines guns and 4-8,000lbs (1,800-3,600kg) of ...

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical troubles. Incidentally, this is the very same airplane which we covered only a number of days ago.