Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
The Flying Tigers Warbird Museum
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (299) · N900RW · Lone Star Flight Museum · Fayetteville - Drake Field (Municipal) (FYV / KFYV) · June 14, 2002
Photo: Aaron Skinner · Photo source · Photograph details
This is an illustrative photograph, not the missing original image. Small source image; shown at its original resolution.
Original photo record
The details and photographer’s remark below belong to the original record. Its photograph has not been recovered.
- Aircraft
- Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
- Country / region
- USA - Florida
- Date photographed
- October 30, 2003
- Photographer
- Ramon Berk
Photographer’s remark
This B-17G is being restored in the museum. This plane was used in WWII, thereafter it was bought by a manufacturer which rebuilt it and put a fifth engine (turboprop) in the nose of the aircraft. Therefor they had to place the cockpit 4 ft backwards. It has been flying as testbed with the fifth (turboprop)engine in the nose. Nowadays, they restored the cockpit in its original position. They already put 60.000 hrs in restoring and it will take about another 10.000. About next year it will be flying as 'Liberty Belle'