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Uploaded by on May 5, 2008

Starting Right Two Engines

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  • Beautiful aircraft, equipped with wonderful radial engines. Surprising small in person, the young men who were flying them into battle had to feel like they were boarding a coffin, and sadly many of them were.

    How can you survive swarms of ME109's, blanketing flak guns, and never enough fuel or fighter cover for 25 missions?

    The B17s best friend = God & a P51 squadron.

    Thank you WWII vets.

  • Yes, the B-17 is small, even when compared with a B-24 or a B-29 but she certainly is one of the most beautiful airplanes ever to grace the skies and her contribution to the war effort we will never be able to emphazise enough

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  • @flyinDPOD Sadly, this is/was Liberty Belle...the one that burned after the pilot landed safely last month in the corn field because of an engine fire. :( another poart of our history gone.

  • This was an excellent plane to have flown in. The roar of the engines sounded even better in the sky.

  • Soetimes I asked myself is it able to start all engines simultaneous or might U get trouble with ur batteries ?!

    BTW nice plane :)

  • is this model a B-17 G?

  • the b17s best friends arre the p51's..... or as in Memphis Belle "Little Friends"

  • @ElMon25

    According to wikipedia there are about 12 airworthy B-17's and another dozen or so potentially restorable airframes.

  • 100LL

  • Its soooo small...  by todays standards.. unreal

  • I was fortunate to see a B17 in Seattle back in 1995. It was a remarkable experience to see it flying and being able to walk around and even touch it. Great flying machine.

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