Going below the flight deck of the B17 Flying Fortress

[richardbell]

A truly incredible machine. They were able to keep airborne with incredible damage to fuselage and engines along with brave and skilled airmanship. Thank you to that generation of truly great men.

[markchase]

My Dad flew B-17 & B-24 Bombers. He just had his 99th Birthday last month & passed away 4 days ago. RIP.

[vanpenguin]

Never before seen cockpit perspective for me.
Thank you!

[scottprather]

My uncle was a B-17 pilot flew 54 missions in the European theater during world war II

[captainJack]

that's just beautiful ... what a piece of art and machinery in one...

[miyamartinez]

Thanks for the aerial view.Incredible! Safe travels, Y'ALL

[duanepierson]

As an aircraft mechanic, I am amazed by the build quality of these Warbirds. The sheet metal work is flawless, with the edges straight & true perfectly butting up to the next sheet. The countersunk rivets are perfectly flush w/ no gaps or dimples. (That’s denting caused by the gun denting the base sheet.) All this being done w/ a build rate of about one aircraft an hour! After 5 year on the structural assembly line at a medium sized company I would have hard pressed to produce that quality of work at that schedule. God bless the Greatest Generation!

[Mike-dyvx]

My mother built B 17 wing sections at Douglas in Long Beach Ca.

[richardbullwood]

Teenage boys as the crew, and your pilot and co-pilot were around 22 or 23. Our boys doing this 80 years ago.

[paulhogan]

Awesome aircraft!!! We developed 3 great long range bombers during WWII.
B-17. B-24. B-29.

[levyrogers]

Some of the ( GREATEST ) air crafts ever made. Wow !!!! Just look at that view.

[paulapodaca]

I salute the brave souls who served on these magnificent machines..
Better Men than I'll ever be

[russell]

I had a neighbor some 40 years past who was a navigator on a B17 during WW2 and had some GREAT stories about in flight experiences🫡🫡🫡

[soelenny]

Thats a dream for me . Was able to meet these Hero’s in 1990 . Then baptized food in Holland Durlinger the hunger winter of 1944-1945 .

[KirkWatts]

So amazing to see inside the cockpit of a B17 flying fortress thank you for sharing this

[glennoropeza]

An 82 yr old big war bird that's still airworthy! I salute the dedicated people who work hard to keep the few B17s flying!

[jockellis]

I was about 150 feet directly below one that was taking off from the Lawrenceville, GA airport in the rain and fog and appeared in the mist over the pine trees on the other side of the intersection where I was stopped on GA 316. I’ll remember that as long as I live.

[reynardthefox]

My Dad was Navigator/Bombardier on 17's out of Grafton -Underwood...1942-1944

[danmart]

Been there done that. If you ever get the chance to fly on a B17 do it. Worth every penny

[kellymorgan]

What a plane that’s when quality & pride & craftsmanship all came together!