Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - modern day footage of the aircraft from "Masters of the Air"

[@HighFlight]

Great footage as always and nice to see these three together. The interior tour of 'Liberty Belle' when it was at Duxford, was the best £3 that I've ever spent (yes, only £3!). So sad that it was destroyed by fire a few years later and when 'Pink Lady' was 'retired' from flying. In the past few months they have been breathing life back into 'Pink Lady', getting all of the engines running. Let's hope that one day soon she will again get air under her wings. Meanwhile our very own 'Sally B' carries the B-17 flag as a flying memorial to the brave heroes of the United States Army Air Forces - 8th & 9th, in Europe during WW2.

[@davegbp]

I fell in love with this plane when I was a kid from watching 12 O' Clock High tv series...

[@RaulMeatFactory1975]

Beautiful footage.

[@WingsTVChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johndavey72]

I only found out recently that the ball turret was jettisonable in emergencies , particularly if landing with non-working undercarriage . The bottom of the main landing gear was deliberately exposed to lesson the chances of structural damage . The ball turret could be jettisoned for the same reason, to prevent structural damage .

[@freesk8]

Gorgeous.

[@2ksnakenoodles]

Pink Lady is the only "airworthy" wartime B-17 right? Shame it no longer flies. Also was Sally B not grounded last year?

[@klausmuller8180]

They are running pink lady’s engines again in La Ferte… maybe they are making her a flyer again?!

[@Hi-lb8cq]

rip Texas Raiders and Nine O Nine

[@eamo106]

RIP Texas Raiders

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

Masters of the air? Way to benefit from that shows popularity. Gotta pander while irons hot I guess.

[@WingsTVChannel]

It’s called “marketing”!

[@2ksnakenoodles]

I don't mind! If it means more B-17s then Hell yeah!

[@PaddyPatrone]

Why should that be a problem? People are likley to search on yt for real footage of these planes. The series only has cgi.

[@ΓιαννηςΧρυσουλας-ο3ξ]

P,= 47 ,S RANGE WAS A LOT SHORTER (( STIL PREFETABLE FOR ME THE> JUG !!))