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	B-17 Flying Fortress - Online-Store (US) - Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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	B-17 Flying Fortress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy bomber.
		The name "Flying Fortress" was coined by Richard Williams, a reporter for the Seattle Times who gave this name to the Model 299 when it was rolled out showing off its machine gun installations.
		It reportedly was much easier to fly than its contemporaries, and its toughness more than compensated for its shorter range and lighter bomb load when compared to the Consolidated B-24 Liberator or the British Avro Lancaster heavy bombers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/B-17_Flying_Fortress (1808 words)

	C-108 Flying Fortress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		C-108 Flying Fortress was the designation assigned to four B-17 Flying Fortresses that were converted to serve as cargo aircraft.
		The original plane behind the C-108: the B-17 Flying Fortress.
		Based in India, the XC-108A was used to fly material and over the Himalaya to the B-29 base in Chengdu, China.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/C-108_Flying_Fortress (525 words)

	B-17 Flying Fortress -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was the first mass-produced, four-engine heavy (A military aircraft that drops bombs during flight) bomber.
		The name "Flying Fortress" was coined by Dick Williams, a reporter for the Seattle Times who gave this name to the Model 229 when it was rolled out showing off its (A rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)) machine gun installations.
		It reportedly was much easier to fly than its contemporaries, and its toughness more than compensated for its shorter range and lighter bomb load when compared to the Consolidated (additional info and facts about B-24 Liberator) B-24 Liberator or the British (additional info and facts about Avro Lancaster) Avro Lancaster heavy bombers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/b/b-17_flying_fortress.htm (1555 words)

	AVault \| PC \| B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty Eighth Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty Eighth is far more than an attempt to fill a previously unexplored void in flight sims, however, it tries to capture the soul of an aircraft that was considered the mainstay of Allied bombing forces during the peak years of the Second World War.
		When one reporter joked that this new gunship looked more like a fortress than an airplane, the name stuck and the B-17s were soon being called "Flying Fortresses." More than one generation of these warplanes was made, and the version simulated in the game is actually the seventh standard revision on the original 1935 model.
		Your task in B-17 Flying Fortress is to take part in the epic story of the World War II air war, signing up for duty with either the Allied or the Axis powers.
	www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=b17bomb (845 words)

	Encyclopedia: B-17 Flying Fortress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It was the result of a modification project undertaken by Boeing and Lockheed on a B-17 Flying Fortress to fit it with Allison V-1710-89 engines.
		The Boeing YB-40 Flying Fortress was a modification of the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft, converted to act as a heavily-armed escort for other bombers during World War II.
		The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress is a 1944 documentary film which documents the last (25th) bombing run of the B-17 bomber Memphis Belle.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/B_17-Flying-Fortress (4341 words)

	B-17 Flying Fortress Prints
		With gun blisters glistening everywhere, a newsman covering the unveiling coined the term Flying Fortress to describe the new aircraft.
		The B-17F and B-17G were the truly mass-produced wartime versions of the Flying Fortress.
		This campaign was largely flown by B-17 Flying Fortresses (12,677 built) and B-24 Liberators (18,188 built.) The B-17 bases were closer to London than those of the B-24, so B-17s received a disproportionate share of wartime publicity.
	www.aviationartprints.com /flying_fortress.htm (723 words)

	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
		Because of the pressing demand for the Flying Fortress, Boeing provided blueprints and cooperation for the B-17 to be built at the Douglas plant in Long Beach and the Vega plant in Burbank.
		B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (1) (Osprey Combat Aircraft 18), by Martin W. Bowman - another in the fine Osprey "Combat Aircraft" series, featuring a wartime history of the B-17, many period photographs, and over forty original profiles and paintings.
		B-17 Flying Fortress: The Symbol of Second World War Air Power, by Frederick A. Johnsen, Walter J. Boyne - a very thorough histroy, covering the Air Corps' early concepts of strategic bombardment, the design and evolution of hte Flying Fortress, and its wartime experience in all theaters.
	www.acepilots.com /planes/b17.html (3760 words)

	Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "909" Photographs - Pictures taken during visit to Aurora Airport June 2000
		The biggest noticeable difference between the early models and the G (to most people) is the addition of the chin turret and the removal of the cheek guns, and radio operator's gun that were present on the earlier models.
		I took this photograph of the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress "909" while under the wing of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator "All American" aka "The Dragon and his Tail" which was also on tour that year.
		View as seen by a Bombardier out the nose of a Flying Fortress The whole purpose of the Fortress was to allow the bombardier to drop bombs on an enemy.
	www.taphilo.com /photo/pictures/b17/index.shtml (1506 words)

	Warbird Alley: B-17 Flying Fortress
		It was dubbed the "Flying Fortress" by the members of the press in attendance because of its (at least for the time) heavy defensive armament.
		Eleven are currently flying in the United States, one in the UK and another one in France.
		A Mighty Fortress is the intensely personal account of the Captain and crew of a lead bomber in the enormous formation raids made by the 8th Air Force during the last few months of the Second World War.
	www.warbirdalley.com /b17.htm (523 words)

	ScienceDaily Books : Fortress Against the Sun: The B-17 Flying Fortress in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Flying into Hawaii at the height of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the B-17 was in the war from the very start.
		Fortress Against the Sun not only tells the history of the plane in the Pacific theater, but of the men who flew her, fought in her, serviced her and lived with her.
		Gene Salecker's Fortress Against The Sun: The B-17 Flying Fortress In The Pacific tells the war-time history of one of the most significant American aircraft to be flown in the Pacific Theater.
	www.sciencedaily.com /cgi-bin/apf4/amazon_products_feed.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=1580970494 (1956 words)

	B-17 Flying Fortress, Memphis Belle, Videos, DVD Movies.
		From the B-17 Flying Fortress to the legendary Spitfire, almost every significant plane from World War II is here, including the largest collection of American planes outside the United States.
		The B-17 Flying Fortress vs. the Luftwaffe Dubbed the "Flying Fortress," the B-17 bomber was a legendary force in the key victories over Germany and Japan.
		As they continue to fly dangerous missions over Germany, however, the group and their new leader develop mutual respect and admiration, until the once-alienated commander feels that his men are part of a family--men whose bravery transcends the rigors of rigid discipline and by-the-book leadership.
	www.yellowairplane.com /Videos_Bomber_Aircraft/B-17_Movies.html (2675 words)

	Lego Set Review: 6093 - Flying Ninja Fortress
		The fortress is reached without a sound as he lands atop the highest tower, quickly tethering the wings to a balcony railing.
		I was totally bowled over by the appearance of Ninja sets in the 1998 catalog, and after suffering through five months of drooling over them, I can safely say that they were worth the wait and live up to expectations (at least of current sets).
		The Flying Ninja Fortress is quite an impressive castle very comparable to the 6097 Night Lord's Castle both in size and structure.
	www.adequate.com /lego/reviews/Details/30.html (920 words)

	3D Gamers :: Game Listing :: B-17 Flying Fortress: the Mighty Eighth Info
		In B-17 Flying Fortress you man one of the USAF B-17 bombers.
		Or fly as one of its escort fighters, flying deep into the heart of Germany during the second World War, tasked to cripple the German war industry.
		Or fly a German intercept aircraft, tasked to take out the bombers before they reach the industrial region, preventing them from damaging factories vital for the wars at the East front and in France.
	www.3dgamers.com /games/b17flyingfort2 (138 words)

	Flying the Fortress - May 11, 2000 - John Wayne Airport, CA.
		Flying the Fortress - May 11, 2000 - John Wayne Airport, CA.
		We learned there were four 30 minute flights scheduled for the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator each.
		Flying around the Queen Mary, I can only imagine what the people below were thinking.
	scalesquadron.tripod.com /ftf/ftf_dad.htm (912 words)

	Flying Fortress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She was deservedly called the "Queen of the Skies." The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a 13 ton glamour girl who packed quite a wallop.
		She was a warrior who could take it as well as she dished it out.
		Through the use of archival and present day photos and film; interviews and barrack's songs, the viewer meets the pilots, gunners and ground crews as they reminisce about the "old girl" and, for perhaps the last time, share in her glories and foibles.
	members.aol.com /flynbrick/fortress/fortress.html (138 words)

	Turner Classic Movies This Month Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Richard Greene stars as Jim Spence, a wealthy playboy and amateur aviator who turns professional when the war begins and he enters the RAF to take control of a British "flying fortress" in its bombing raids over Berlin.
		Flying Fortress was one of a series of patriotic films aiding the war effort to be produced at Teddington, one of the few studios to operate during World War II.
		In 1944 a flying rocket exploded onto the property, destroying buildings and killing three employees.
	www.turnerclassicmovies.com /ThisMonth/Article/0,,93522\|93523\|93524,00.html (535 words)

	B-17 Flying Fortress Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		While it lacked the range and bombload of its contemporary the B-24 Liberator, the B-17 became the more famous of the two due to the many tales of B-17s bringing their crews back home despite heavy damage.
		With up to thirteen machine guns, the B-17 seemed to be a genuine flying "fortress in the sky".
		However, bomber losses reached the unacceptable point in 1943 in the face of stiff German opposition, and the B-17s had to wait until the introduction of long-range fighter escort before they could continue their war against the Reich.
	www.daveswarbirds.com /usplanes/aircraft/fortress.htm (319 words)

	About the 8th Air Force and the B-17. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Not to be forgotten were the men who "kept 'em flying".
		The average flyer was about 20 years of age and even for these young men the effects of flying very long missions under extreme cold, the constant hum and vibration, and being exposed to enemy fighters and flak, resulted in unusual stress that sometimes resulted in a breakdown.
		In the early years of the air war crews were required to fly 25 and later 30 and then 35 missions before they were returned to the States.
	www.reese-457th.org /B-17G.HTML (478 words)

	www.myspace.com/flyingfortress
		Formed in the belly of a tiger, together we have learned the time tested art of music masonry...from nothing we create a wall of doom, the likes of which you have not seen.
		Flying Fortress formed in September of 2004 when two abrasively likeminded guys, A. Morgan and A. Blanchard, decided to create something from simplicity, from the most basic of musical elements, a rhythm section minus a guitarist and take that sound to its most chaotically structured format.
		Or rather they remind me of the music that would be playing if I were to light the Shins on fire, quarter their flened remains, and bury them in the back yard.
	www.myspace.com /flyingfortress (771 words)

	BOEING B-17G "FLYING FORTRESS" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Flying Fortress is one of the most famous airplanes ever built.
		In July 1978, the 512th Military Airlift Wing moved it to Dover AFB, Delaware, for restoration by the volunteers of the 512th Antique Restoration Group.
		The massive 10-year job of restoration to flying condition was completed in 1988 and the aircraft was flown to the Museum in October 1988.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/air_power/ap16.htm (246 words)

	Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog: EU Grounds Flying Fortress
		A World War II Flying Fortress cannot make a flypast at a tribute for America's war dead [May 30] because of barmy EU insurance rules.
		Sally B, Britain's last flying B-17, was due to take part in the Memorial Day event at the American military cemetery at Madingley near Cambridge.
		If she does not fly again soon, her operators fear they will have no choice but to sell her to American collectors.
	www.nationalcenter.org /2005/05/eu-grounds-flying-fortress.html (945 words)

	Aircraft: Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, Return to Glory
		The B-17 had a reputation for being able to absorb horrendous punishment and keep flying; sometimes with severe gashes in their fuselages, or large sections of their wings and tails missing, and many times with only two or three of its engines operating.
		Luftwaffe pilots, usually flying multiple combat missions on a daily basis, wreaked havoc on the massed squadrons attacking axis targets, until late in the war when the Allies gained air superiority.
		It was kept in the inventory and continued to fly in the USAF long after most B-17s had been scrapped, but in 1956 it was flown to Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona (the "bone yard") and dropped from the USAF inventory.
	www.marchfield.org /b17g.htm (1478 words)

	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - USA
		The Flying Fortress was designed for a competition, announced in 1934, to find a modern replacement for the assorted Keystone biplane bombers then in service.
		Perhaps there were other aircraft that were even more pleasant to fly than the B-17, because it did have its drawbacks: for example, the forces acting on the ailerons were relatively high, and the rudder felt as if it were set in concrete.
		This consequently happened after the raid on Schweinfurt which, due to the long distance involved, had to be carried out without fighter escort, During this raid the USAAF bombers suffered heavy losses from twin-engined Zerstorer and single-seat fighters attacking with rocket missiles, which naturally caused quite a crisis.
	www.aviation-history.com /boeing/b17.html (1627 words)

	Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" - MAIN PAGE
		An aircraft of extreme durability and adaptability, the B-17 "Flying Fortress" made its mark in history as one of the most famous heavy bombers of World War II.
		Dubbed the "Flying Fortress" by a Seattle newspaper because of its defensive firepower, the airplane was given increased horsepower (from 1,000 to 1,200 h.p.
		A total of 12,731 B-17 "Flying Fortresses" were manufactured by Boeing and other companies.
	www.squadron13.com /B17/B17.htm (744 words)

	Airliners.net: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Fortress was originally designed to meet a bomber specification issued by the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1934.
		The B-17G was introduced onto the Fortress production line in July of 1943, and was destined to be produced in larger numbers than any other Fortress variant.
		Another innovation introduced by the G was having the waist guns being permanently enclosed behind windows instead of being mounted behind removable hatches.
	www.airliners.net /info/stats.main?id=391 (826 words)

	EAA's B-17 - Aluminum Overcast
		EAA is offering historic flight experiences in its beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress “Aluminum Overcast.” This aircraft is an example of the American heavy bomber that helped turn the tide of battle in World War II.
		Fly a mission back in time and feel the might of this magnificent aircraft, just as those brave young men did more than 50 years ago.
		EAA is offering historic flight experiences in its beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress "Aluminum Overcast." Take a trip back in time and feel the might of this magnificent flying machine, just as those young men did more than 50 years ago.
	www.b17.org (213 words)

	Aircraft: Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		For those whose whereabouts are known, such as the "Swamp Ghost" and the two buried under the glacier known as Greenland, their recovery would be a welcomed addition to the surviving B-17 fleet.
		Unfortunately, the two covered by ice were crushed under the glaciers' weight, but the recovery of their salvageable parts for exhibit would make a visit to a flying museum a worthwhile one.
		Hopefully, a flying or static model will be available for viewing and with the potential of the "Swamp Ghost", one can only wait and see....
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/boeing/b-17e.htm (453 words)

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