The tower at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, clears me to land in a crosswind gusting to 40 knots, 5 over the limits of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress I’m trying to land for the first time. My instructor ...

This flying jacket was worn by the pilot of the B17 Flying Fortress aircraft, which was given the name 'Fever Beaver' by its crew, on its 100th mission. The plane saw action from January 1944 and ...

Mission Accomplished The Bureau of Motion Pictures at the U.S. Office of War Information produced a 10-minute film about the B-17 Flying Fortress in 1942, with the dramatic narration typical of ...