In a good condition
Although it was their dream to recover the machine, they had a lot of work ahead of them. The behemoth aircraft was actually a US Air Force B-17E Flying Fortress. According to lore, his name was chosen by Boeing following statements by a Seattle Times journalist on the day of an early test flight in July 1935. “Why, it’s a flying fortress,” he allegedly explained.
In a good condition
The Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii
This historical find not only interested the two men, especially from a historical point of view this aircraft was an interesting witness. The Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii has also taken an interest in and examined the machine. In fact, the museum later described it as “arguably the only intact and non-decommissioned WWII-era B-17E bomber in the world, a unique example of an aircraft that played an indispensable role in winning WWII.” And it’s the only B-17 in the world that still bears its battle scars.”
The Pacific Aviation Museum in Hawaii
