Books and Information for the Aviation Enthusiast
B-17G 44-85718 (N900RW), last known as Thunderbird, remains under extensive rebuild in an Erickson Aircraft Collection hangar at Madras, Oregon. Contributor Connor Bond visited viewed
Work progresses on returning B-17G 44-83546 (N3703G), better known as (The Move) Memphis Belle, to the air continues at the Palm Springs Air Museum at
The Art Lacey B-17 that made a Milwaukie, Oregon, gas station a well-known local attraction has been well documented since 1947. That B-17G is currently
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
A bit of an obscure movie, and one that is perhaps a bit underrated, is the 1969 film “The 1000 Plane Raid.” Today, the cinematic
In 1959, novelist John Hersey’s The War Lover was published, creating the story of a volatile B-17 combat pilot who enjoyed his job just a
A quirky little book by a renowned aviation author…that’s the best way to describe Everything But The Flak. For those unfamiliar with B-17 lore, the book
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
Rob Kirkwood sent me some information and photos of a B-17 nose art panel that I was not aware of. The nose art panel is
The big Aero Vintage website update is that the eBook version of B-17 In Blue: The Flying Fortress in U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard service is
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
I received an update and recent photos of the restoration of B-25C 41-13251 (N3968C) from Air Classic’s Michael O’Leary. The work is being done by
One of the most impressive B-17 restoration efforts is that being performed by the Champaign Aviation Museum at Urbana, Ohio. This effort is in the
The B-17 had a long and distinguished utilization as an air tanker in the annual battle against forest and range fires fought in the U.S.
The B-17G owned and operated by the Mid America Flight Museum, 44-85718 (N900RW), better known as Thunderbird, remains under heavy maintenance at the Erickson Aircraft
Way back in July 2015, I posted an image on my Aero Vintage B-17 News page sent in to me by noted author Steve Birdsall
Last week I posted an nice photo of the Tallmantz B-25N camera ship, that being N1042B. In the text that I wrote to accompany that
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