Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: 1935 Onwards

by Graeme Douglas

Book Overview

This manual offers a unique perspective on what it takes to restore and operate a B-17 Flying Fortress, as well as a wonderful insight into the engineering and construction of this remarkable airplane. The B-17 is one of the most famous airplanes ever built. Although Boeing's B-17 prototype first flew on July 28, 1935, only a relative handful of B-17s were in the Army Air Corps inventory when America's war started on December 7, 1941. But production...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760340773
• ISBN13: 9780760340776
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 11.0"