Aircraft Tour! Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Tour the Planes of Fame Air Museum's B-17! If you'd like to see us do more of these types of videos, let us know! Like, subscribe, and comment below with your questions and suggestions for more videos you'd like to see.

[Gravity_studioss]

"If I get stuck in the bombbay, ill become a permanent attraction here"

[mr.spiceyspice]

Hay I donated money for that B-17 when I was at that air museum

[jtx]

One of my maternal uncles was a right waist gunner and flew multiple missions over Europe in a B-17 during WW2. He got hit in the arm during a mission and the doctors initially thought he was going to lose that arm but they managed to save it. While he was in the hospital, his plane with all his buddies went on another mission and was shot down with no survivors. The doctors were going to medically discharge him but he somehow convinced them not too and he went on to be a replacement gunner with various crews for the rest of the war. He lived to be 95 y/o.

[hivolt]

What a beautiful bird. I'm glad its still around. I wouldn't have wanted to fly in the tail or the ball turret

[jaym]

One of the most detailed tours of a B-17 I've ever seen. Thanks for the video.

[bobgrewe]

I was actually inside a B-17 previously at an air show and this guy was correct. I stand at 6-1 and 185 at the time and I had a hard time getting around the bombay and the rest of the plane. Amazing plane. My late uncle was a co-pilot inside of 44-6619 shot down by a 109 and held prisoner for the last six months of the war. Heroes, one and all.

[topixfromthetropix]

My dad flew a B-17 that was converted to a flying hospital during WW 2. He spent much of the Pacific theatre time flying wounded soldiers from Guam to Oakland. My mom had a picture of him flying a B 17 under the Golden Gate Bridge taken from Vista Point. He told me flying PBY's was his favorite.

[Argyll]

Great to see the inside of the B17 and to know what those young heroes went through. So many valuable lives lost in the fight against evil.

[ernesthofmeister]

My Dad served with the 95th Division, part of Patton's 3rd Army. He said he saw so many bombers flying over you couldn't see the beginning or the end, just a continuous grouping of planes as far as the eye could see. Thanks to all who served and fought!

[andy]

She's a beauty but she ain't no lancaster, yes I'm english 😂 your boys were extremely brave flying day bombing raids.

[daniellee]

God imagine how horrifying it would have been to be going on a mission into hostile territory in one of these.

[spreadeagled]

I had a late friend who was an officer in the Luftwaffe “Flak Korps, ” the anti-aircraft flak batteries of 88mm and 105mm flak guns. He told me that he admired the B-17 for its durability and sturdiness in absorbing battle-damage and continued to fly in spite of the damage. Upon close inspection of shot-down B-17s, he was amazed at its sturdy construction. He said it was always a special treat for him to see the B-17s flying at air shows.

[flyerbob]

Great video. Of interest to all is I believe this B17 was the last active USAF B17 and it was a star in the TV show 12 O’Clock High. Some of those episodes are now available on You Tube. We all miss Wilber😢

[russdill]

Thank you so much for putting this together, I know all the extra editing and scripting work that goes into something like this to get the pacing right.

[mcmneverreadsreplys]

Mark 7:38 never knew there were Top Turret operating systems with chairs. I thought the top turrets were all operated from a standing position within a rotating ceiling to floor ‘V” frame with foot peddles on the floor. I'm always excited when the lower part of the top turret operating system is left in position. On most touring B-17's they remove the lower part of the top turret and people think the gunner just had two guns sticking out of the turret and used his muscle to turn the turret. I understand why they do it (ease of public access) but I still think it is a misrepresentation. I believe the B-17G "Nine O Nine" (N234909) had the full stand up Top turret mechanism but she crashed and was lost 10/02/2019.

[RichadTheLionHeat]

I am interested in touring the Planes of Fame museum. Great walk through. Very educational and inspiring. Yes, each aircrew member in my book of courage were brave beyond question. True American Warriors of Freedom. We must never forget them.

[maxwellfan]

The man doing the talking was very respectful and eloquent, thanks for the interesting tour. It also shows the guys who flew these were much more exposed to the elements and attack than first realised.

[adamndirtyape]

The giant air battles of WWII with massive formations of bombers vs swarms of fighters were a unique type of battle that never happened before the war and will never happen again. Plane technology before the WWII era wasn't advanced enough to put hundreds of bombers in the air at once, and since then technology has moved on so that you don't need hundreds of bombers with inaccurate bombs to attack a target. The battles over Europe were a unique hellscape for combat, and we should marvel at the skill and courage of all those involved.

[crafter]

Balls of steel ....Going up knowing their chance of survival was not good at all.

[jroar]

Fantastic video. When I had my house in Rhodes Ranch just south east of Las Vegas, on fine afternoon I was outside my house sipping on a cold ice tea whenI looked up to see a B-17 fly over my house. It came from Nellie Air Force base and the air show. The aircraft was low enough to wave at the guys aboard. What a sight to see and the sound it made with all four engines. I’m sure it was a fantastic aircraft to see back in the 40’s as it was today. Thanks for the video walkthrough and information.