Update on B-17G "Aluminum Overcast"

[aerovin2]

I just posted an update on B-17G 44-85740 (EAA's Aluminum Overcast) that I had a chance to check out during Oshkosh week.

https://www.aerovintage.com/2023/08/02/ ... y-25-2023/

The disassembled B-17 was temporarily pulled out of the EAA maintenance hangar for other airshow activities. The good news is that the EAA reports that the FAA has pre-approved the required repairs to the wing attach structure, so the EAA can move forward and get the work done. The EAA is still hoping for a summer 2024 rebirth and, with nine months to go, it seems on the surface to be doable. However, time will tell and, understandably, there won't be a rush to get it done.

[Chris Brame]

Any guesses as to the source/ID of the replacement vertical?
And did they get a good deal on it, or did they have to pay re-tail?

...I'll see myself out.

[aerovin2]

Whoa...re-tail. I wish I had thought of that. No, no idea where the vertical came from. There was a suggestion that a third vertical is actually involved...one that is being painted now, but I'm not so sure.