Thus it was that on October 2nd a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash-landed after technical troubles. Incidentally, this is the very same airplane which we covered only a number of days ago.

Just three years after graduating from engineering school, Wells led the team that designed Boeing’s B-17 bomber. He went on to influence the design of every Boeing bomber from the B-17 and B-29 ...

Notable B-17 Bomber Facts One point that isn't noted in the Apple+ series is that the aircraft was seen as quite a risk for Boeing when its development began. The company may be an aerospace giant ...

This story is a selection from the August issue of Air & Space magazine The only thing stranger than the sight of a Boeing B-17G parked ... he bought a well-used B-17 for $13,750.