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The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.
Built at Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, CA as a B-17G. Penultimate Douglas B-17. Navy use as PB-1W from 1945 to 1956. Into private use, airtanker from 1961 to 1979. To Barksdale AFB in 1980. First displayed as "Yankee Doodle II", [86] now wears livery of 42-31340 "Miss Liberty". [87] [88] 44-85599: Abilene, Texas: Dyess AFB: Static display
Ryan Airline Company was an airline founded by T. Claude Ryan and Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Mahoney at Dutch Flats Airport in San Diego, California, on April 19, 1925.They had earlier established a scheduled service between San Diego and Los Angeles with a fare of $14.50 one-way and $22.50 round-trip.
The plane was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Corp. at Long Beach, California, and delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1945, according to Airplanes Online. Boeing built 6,981 B-17s; another ...
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of The Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military airplanes, rotorcraft, and missiles, as well as space systems for both commercial and military customers, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets.
Project-17B class: Operators Indian Navy: Preceded by: Nilgiri class: Cost ₹ 70,000 crore (US$8.2 billion) (Total cost) around ₹ 9,994 crore (US$1.2 billion) per ship [1] Planned: 7-8: General characteristics; Type: Stealth guided-missile frigate: Displacement: 6,700–8,000 t (6,600–7,900 long tons) Armament >48 VLS cells [1] which might ...
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The aircraft was rediscovered in 1972 in Agaiambo swamp, where it earned the nickname Swamp Ghost. In 1989, the Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center planned to recover it. [ 2 ] It was salvaged in 2006 and moved to Lae wharf where it lay waiting for permission to be transferred to the United States . [ 3 ]