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 ...

What You Need to Know: The B-17 Flying Fortress earned its legendary status ... When the prototype, designated Model 299, ...

Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical ... variant B-17G-30-BO), this late-model B-17G-85-DL aircraft wasn’t finished in time to join World ...

Thirteen people were on board the vintage Boeing B-17 - dubbed the Flying Fortress - when it went down and burst into flames minutes after take-off outside Hartford on Wednesday. The aircraft was ...