Painted to look like another B-17 of WWII (Nine-o-Nine, variant B-17G-30-BO), this late-model B-17G-85-DL aircraft wasn’t finished in time to join World War II, but instead spent its 74 years ...

At Altus Army Airfield, Oklahoma, he bought a well-used B-17 for $13,750. Although Lacey was an experienced pilot, he had never flown anything with more than one engine. But after a few taxi runs ...

The B-17 is one of only eight in flying condition ... Sprouse said he’s a pilot and his father was a paratrooper in World War II, so he makes a point of visiting the tour each year when it ...

During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces required heavy ... from the fictionalized 1990 movie Memphis Belle, or from the B-17 (used in that movie) that now tours airshows in Belle markings.

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military ... National Air and Space Museum Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" National Air and Space Museum Martin B-26B-25-MA ...