For those who have an interest in such things, there are usually two B-17s that are given credit for being the first U.S. civil B-17.

A photo recently appeared on Facebook the raised a few questions. The identity of the B-17 depicted in the photo revealed just a few clues,

In Part 1, we looked at those B-17s that made it onto the U.S. civil register in the immediate post-war years. All of these aircraft

As most in the B-17 world now know, the EAA’s B-17 (44-85740, N5017N) has been disassembled at Punta Gorda, Florida, and is being trucked back

Yes, I am talking about the Bahama Triangle…the lesser-known and lower-powered cousin to the Bermuda Triangle. Instead of swallowing up TBM Avengers in a aura-driven,

In the post-war civil fleet, one of the most vital tasks performed by the B-17 was that of an aerial tanker, something the airplane did

Granted, a bicycle won’t help you here unless you are very brave and perhaps a little warped. But, for a B-17 Guy or Gal, it

There was a time in the post-war period when the Navy was desperateto get its hands on B-17s…any B-17s anywhere…making it desperate enough to come

At the conclusion of World War II, the U.S. was the dominant air power, by far, over the rest of world’s military forces. That diminished

For the U.S. military, the Boeing B-17s was primarily operated by the Army Air Forces during World War II. A sizeable number of B-17s continued

In an obscure little corner of the B-17 story are the B-17s used by the air arm of the Dominican Republic in the late 1940s

The B-17 soldiered on with the Army Air Forces and, later, United States Air Force (USAF) after World War II ended in 1945. Though immediately

Looking back at some information I posted a few years ago on a B-17 News Page at the aerovintage webiste, I found this tidbit that