B17 FLYING FORTRESS

[AryanKnight]

FYI: -Beautiful piece of Indus.-design (-stylish up-sweeping tail later inspired swoopie taillight-fins on 1948-'49 Cads.); -and although used in a needless nightmarish WW2 conflict of USA Jews declaring war upon Germany; -we're slowly realizing we were duped into fighting against the knowing pleas of Gen.-Chas.Lindbergh and anti-Communist St.Hitler, whom warned of the real enemy being jewZionist King Rothschilds warmongering Bank'ster-mafia whom are still today Fraud'closing on millions.!!!

[enbunoverna]

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[inkhearlover45]

Lol no one can dislike this...

[RallyXRacer7]

ive seen that bombing brigade color and bomber wing letter somewhere

[lovefrankiephuck]

wow,she's beautiful

[talilalit]

this one of my favorite bomber aircraft in the world

[andysim232]

its strange that some of the most beautiful aircraft came about because of war. B-17, Spitfire, P-51

I rest my case

[arnaud051969]

IS there anybody who could explain to me why the B17 was massively used on the european front and not so much in asia, whereas the B29 (later) was in Asia, but not so much in Europe? i think the B29 was only dployed here at the very end of the war. in advance thanks

[orcstr8d]

@arnaud051969 The B-17 didn't have the range to do well in the vast Pacific. The B-29 wasn't all that effective there either until the Marianas Islands were captured in 1944 providing a base closer to Japan that was also easier to supply than bases in China. Even then it was almost 1500 miles to Tokyo- too far for a 17which needed less than half that distance to reach Berlin from southern England.

[Strawberry7Lynn]

What, no Glen Miller music? It's nice to see one in olive & grey for a change. What's that black spot just in front of the tail fin, is it some sort of hatch?

[hzzlrp10]

@Strawberry7Lynn

If you are referring to the black stripe that is running up the vertical stabilizer, that is a de-icing boot. Temperatures at altitude can reach far below zero. As such, icing is a very real problem. The boots were filled with air at altitude then emptied. The expansion and contraction of the boot caused the ice forming on leading edges to break off. You will notice that there are similar boots on the outer edges of the wings as well.

[hzzlrp10]

@hzzlrp10

Never mind. I see what you were talking about. That was another gun turret if I remember correctly. That spot should be right near either the radio operator or navigator's station.

[levyz71]

@hzzlrp10 that in which you are talking about was a station for a 50 cal for the radio operator the navigators job was firing the left cheek gun and the bombadier was in charge of the right the pilot was in charge of the lower nose turrent

[picklesandgravy1]

BEEEEE SEVENTEEN BAAAAAWWWWMBURR

[frankevega]

i rather do the white house first then we can do mexico

[frankevega]

god bless america..thanks to this plane and others we are free......for the time being.

[irish89055]

@frankevega let's bomb Mexico...

[Dgamer21]

beeeeee seventeen bawmber

[xazoulini1]

mdhbigdog did you mean something like womans belly when we are born? just curius you know...

[gtofan2005]

that is awsome. glad to see these things being saved. bad ass plane

[winterloggan]

might be a stupid question, but how much do those cost?

[openedeyedbeast123]

4 to 5 million

[ncmontecarlo]

a B-17 is a sight to to see,i was at a air show this past summer at akron canton airport and got to go in this b-17 and the b-24 took about 200 pics. very nice and saw about 50 or so WWII vets. that had served on that plane.

[34532525]

why they give women names in b17? please answer...

[mdhbigdog]

They are given women's names because you ride inside the fuselage. If you rode on the outside, they would have men's names.

[bryankelly]

i always thought of two reasons

its like a car, you don't name your car a guy name.

or because they're horny soldiers all missing there women back home.

haha, good answer mdhbigdog never thought of that

[openedeyedbeast123]

well y would you name a car

[vinyaw]

@34532525 they do because it might distract enemy fighters and motovate pilots (acording to the Military Channle) for ex the pilot of the memphis belle named his plane that becauce his girlfriend named belle was from memphis (Thats why bell is spelled wrong on the plane) they did this on all planes p-51 p-47 b-17 b-29 p-80 ect

[jonesy97]

@vinyaw Your story is only part right. The word "Belle" ,as in a southern belle, means a good looking woman of high class standards. Her name wasn't Bell. Read the book, The Memphis Belle.

[spcascades]

@vinyaw I thought her name was Margaret, not Belle. I could be wrong, but it was not Belle.

[Skylamander]

I've flown in that B 17 (the 909) twice! and jumped out of it once! I love that airplane! the best skydive I ever had! I should upload my videos.

[temphoyos]

Plese do so man. Love this airplane.

[MarioAndrettiFan]

Priceless

[cadambulance]

The most beautiful bird to ever take flight. With the Avenger right behind it. Then the P47! I have seen this B-17 when it was in Bremerton. It is awsome, It's a Douglas built model.

[trancemuziek]

what color is that bomber if I'm going to paint my model.

[5000TRAINS]

was the b-17 the first United States 4 engine bomber?

[JustPureModels]

I think so.

[5000TRAINS]

thank you for the reply

[N746ZX]

Yes it was. The USAAC or USAAF wanted to put together a contract for the first 4 engine long range bomber. Boeing won the contract and the first XB-17 (Boeing 299) flew on July 28, 1935. What a beauty, as she was the most survival WWII 4 engine bomber prior to our Boeing B-29 Superfortress!! If you don't believe me, look it up!!!

[5000TRAINS]

thank you for the information

[JonnySchretz]

yea you could shoot the shit out of a B-17 and itll still fly. those things used to come back with pieces of the stabilizers missing and holes all over the wings. whatever boeing did when they built the B-17 was genius!

[juanjesuschong]

yes

[BlueBoy11035]

Good Old B-17

[jerseykid565]

b-17's are very sexy