EAA Aluminum Overcast B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress takeoff

This is the B-17 Aluminum Overcast operated by the EAA. This aircraft tours the US promoting aviation and preserving the history of this venerable airplane.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• EAA
• b17
• aluminum
• overcast
• ww2
• wwii
• airplane
• aircraft

[Bing80]

Wow, this was quite emotional to see :)

Did you make several flights or X amounts of cameras? And the mounts; the standard 3M tape mounts, suction cup or something out-of-the-ordinary?

[wcolbyHD]

@Bing80 I own two cameras, at one flight per day over 4 days,equals two youtube videos & 120 GB of spare video remaining. (new math) To mount the cameras I used the suction cup mount & seamless gaffers tape. Walt

[ferociousfrankie]

How did you convince them to put the cameras on the plane?

[wcolbyHD]

@ferociousfrankie A honest explanation, and a demonstration of the strength of the mount. And they had to promise not to go more than 650MPH.

[mxf7010g8k]

that underneath the fuse, looking forward view has to be one of the coolest ive ever seen. any videos of landing?

[wcolbyHD]

@mxf7010g8k There are more videos, I just have to process them, they should be up within a week.

[SaberTanker22]

This Sir is Amazing footage What type of Mount system was used for this wonder footage.

[Bing80]

@wcolbyHD Lucky you, I'd be lucky if I could fly with that baby even once! The cup is quite strong, but some extra tape doesn't hurt.

[augtenth]

I have NEVER seen camera angles like this on a B-17. Thank you so much for posting! This video is a gem.

[4mods]

Awesome footage, loved watching the gear go up and great landscape!