A Flight in the B-17 Flying Fortress Liberty Belle

[Undead4life01]

this plane beats the expendables plane any day

[chickenxxxD]

very good video :)

[pyburnjohn]

RIP

[isunlloaoll]

2 year's ago today :)

[CorvusDreams]

What a shame about the loss of this rare piece of history. All my hopes of you guys tasking a run over my mother inlaws house is now for naught.

[WelshRob1964]

Great film, thank you for posting

[PainKillerD3]

The bomb crosshair is so unstable.

[Thebadass58]

is there a air-conditioner in the aircraft?

[surfsupusa]

@Thebadass58 no air conditioner. you can open a window however. above 10,000 feet the crew would wear oxygen masks.

[macieksoft]

@Thebadass58 Is not required cause on high altitudes air is so cold. Also heating is avaible but cabin is not pressurized, this is not B29 :)

[EVAUnit4A]

I JUST saw a video on YouTube saying this very plane crashed in June 2011! It didn't specify what caused the accident, but there was fire and smoke shortly after take-off, and she crashed in a corn field in Illinois 5mi from the airfield.

All 7 aboard escaped, but the "Liberty Belle" herself was a total loss.

So sad to hear that. This would have been an awesome experience!

[Gandyware]

@EVAUnit4A A small onboard fire prompted an emergancy landing in a field. No one was hurt but the fire department couldn't reach the plane due to the field being too soft. They say thy have another B-17 undergoing restoration.

[EVAUnit4A]

@Gandyware

These ol' war machines deserve all the respect and attention they can get these days. There is a definite grace and solidity to them even decades later. (This, of course, also applies to the men who flew them.)

[ReinBassline37]

where to get a flight in a B17

[nitrotaxoaxo]

its hard ?

[Dodo251]

WOW what a beaut! My absolute favourite aircraft!

[admiralPs]

rip

[fortress1133]

Only two bounces! Nice!

[jtkent28]

Hey I didn't know they had Garmin 430's in those things back then :)

[TexasGunster]

too bad "Liberty Belle" is no more

[darkhound891]

RIP miss belle you will be missed by all warbird enthusiasts

[aesguerra15]

RIP "Belle".

[gamereview123ful]

..she just crashed in chicago.....in a farmers field...

[rayman4449]

Simply outstanding video!!! It's crash landing and demise today is such a tragedy. I know the people that restored and operated her must be sick beyond words. Thank you for sharing this awesome video, this is one of the best I've seen of a B-17.

[redneckpoop]

Cool

[pressloh]

cool, i want to shoot down this b-17 with my me-163 b1

lol

[rmachayes]

Man oh man, the sound of those radials all in sync is waaaaaay cool.

[ZorgDK]

very nice footage! it must have been an awesome ride.

[ultrasom]

Wow, thanks a lot for posting this!

[andy1may]

really great to feel what it was like to be one of those forts .

I would give anything to do it for real

[alih15]

so loud, feel sorry for them

[Ashitaka1110]

@alih15 don't be. That sound is the sound of happiness.

[ad356]

@Ashitaka1110 are you kidding me? the sound is awesome, better than Mozart. its a musical symphony of radial engine power. LOVE THAT SOUND, and nothing will EVER replace it

[akulax2]

Very cool video, thank you for sharing this.

[traffety]

very nice thanks for the ride.

[slambo239]

This was very cool to see.

[onlocash]

I always see these at the airshow and always wondered what it would be like to fly in one of them. That was an amazing HD video ! super awesome angles

Watch your six for Luft waffles !!

[fenderfish]

awesome...think of 200+ of these in formation!

thank you for sharing

[ianczar0325]

how did you get a ride in that

[ad356]

@ianczar0325

i did it myself, you have to pay for it. its $430 for 1/2 hour. one of the best 1/2 hours of my life!!! it doesnt bother me that it costs that much becuase its a very expensive aircraft to operate. its also a donation that helps keep this wonderful aircraft alive and well. its money well spent

[mojame100]

@ad356

I'm shure it's money well spent. Did they ever say what the airspeed was durring the flight?

[TheArmyKid999]

the people in the boat thought u were gonna bomb them lol

[nokia26300]

why they turn the propeller?

[surfsupusa]

@nokia26300 The propellers are turned to 'stir' the oil in the engines. The oil settles.

[rail64]

My son and I went up in this plane last year. It was the ride of our life. DO IT IF YOU CAN...

[totse1234]

AMAZING!

I saw a B-17 once driving to work. They buzzed us real low as we were coming up on an entrance ramp to the highway near an airport. I saw them in the rear view and gave them a thumbs up out the window and they flashed the wing lights at me. ( landing lights maybe?). The sight/sounds of that B-17 going maybe 300 feet over me are something I will never forget.

[darkninjaclan11]

Beast!