Tag: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

B-17E Desert Rat Restoration Update – July 2023

As many readers will be well aware, there are a number of Boeing B-17s under…

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FAA Issues Preliminary AD Affecting B-17 Fleet

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued a preliminary Airworthiness Directive (AD) which will affect…

B-17E Desert Rat Restoration Update – November 2022

As many readers will be well aware, there are a number of Boeing B-17s under…

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Setting the Record Straight: B-17 Modification Centers

The following is an edited version of Kevin "K5" Michels' article on how the wartime…

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Third Turret Installed in The B-17 ‘City of Savannah’

When B-17G 44-83814 arrived at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in…

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B-17E Desert Rat – March 2021 Restoration Update

Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away…

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B-17E “Desert Rat” – June 2020 Restoration Update

Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away…

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The Final Mission – EAA’s New Book with Personal Stories of B-17 Veterans

The Experimental Aircraft Association has just announced the release of a new book featuring dozens…

National Warplane Museum Ends B-17 Operations

The National Warplane Museum (NWM) in Geneseo, New York has just announced that they will…

Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum Announces Aircraft Adventure Series

The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska recently announced that it is starting…