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Here is the first start up ( in seven years) of engine #3 from last weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aMdNhwV0pE There are two other videos of our engine test program posted on youtube. So far we have not found any large amounts of metal in the screens from our test runs. The plan is to test ...

We hooked up enough stuff to turn the #4 engine over with its starter and watch the test prop. spin on Sat. Jan. 10th. Once that was done I started putting spark plugs in and hooking up the cigarettes. I am going back tonight to replace some old bolts on the throttle linkage and cotter pin them in p...

Hi B17 fans... sorry I have been away for so long. TEXAS RAIDERS lost its hangar lease and we had to move EVERYTHING! After much drama we moved to the "far" side of Hobby airport. If nothing else it was great to get all four engines hung and get the airplane out in the sunshine. We even got to put t...

Hello B17 lovers everywhere, Where to start? Pictures are good! http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/SPANNERmkV/IMG_0508.jpg http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o81/SPANNERmkV/IMG_0477.jpg While TEXAS RAIDERS is a tribute to the 381st BG (Triangle L) my Dad was a B17 Pilot in the 384th from Aug. '4...