The B-17G Flying Fortress that Art Lacey bought never saw combat in World War II—but spent decades overlooking a gas station in western Oregon. A particular Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, known today as ...
SEATTLE — A B-17 Bomber aircraft, an icon of World War II, made quite the impression on its flight into Seattle on Monday. Like the aircraft's name, it is a 'sentimental journey' for both the aircraft ...
SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...
Boeing's Plant No. 2 in Seattle was the primary production facility for the B-17 Flying Fortress, producing nearly 7,000 bombers and employing 30,000 people during its peak. During World War II, the ...
EVERETT — Thatcher Johnson has spent years building stuff. A former aerospace repair worker, Johnson had built replica airplane equipment, replica plane seats and a full 737 flight simulator in his ...
The B-18 Bolo Bomber was the first medium-sized bomber the Douglas Aircraft Company ever created. It was designed to become a ...
America’s B-2 stealth bombers, which carried out the weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, are among the most secretive aircraft in the nation, with few glimpses ever shown of its interior. The ...
Of all the heavy bombers flown during World War II, the Boeing-built B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most well-known and beloved. It spent most of the conflict fighting against the Germans in the ...