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  1. The B-17 Bomber was amazing and helped win WWII. I flew on one in 2002 as a tourist - I have family members that were ball turret gunners - bad place to be.

    This video was shot on Hi-8, and thankfully I digitized it (at 720x480) way back in that day. Now, I've up-scaled it with local AI (1408x954) and the improvement is astounding.

    Sadly, this actual B17 crashed in 2019: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Boe

    #localai
    #stablediffusion
    #rocm
    #amd
    #b17
    #flyingfortress

  2. Flashback to last year where I was volunteering with #eaa145 and working on the #b17 #flyingFortress

  3. Boeing Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 43-3789 was assigned to the 849 Bomber Squadron 490 Bomber Group on 1/7/44. During assembly for a raid on 6/2/45 there was a mid-air collision with 43-37806. Big Poison crashed near Prickwillow Suffolk, UK. The ball gunner was killed while the remaining crew bailed out. Two civilians were also killed and three injured. destinationsjourney.com/histor #BoeingB17 #NoseArt #BigPoison #Aviation #AviationHistory #WW2 #FlyingFortress #B17NoseArt

  4. Crawling around in a #b17 #flyingfortress. You can see how small the bomber had to be. #aviation #eaa

  5. C5-GOA, Boeing 707-323B, Air Gambia, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between March 1992 and August 1993.

    WK935, Gloster Meteor F.8 (mod), Royal Air Force, formerly used for prone flying experiments, on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.
    See <https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/84-A-1169-Prone-Pilot-Meteor-WK935.pdf> for details of this plane.

     

    OH-LMY, McDonnell Douglas MD82, Finnair, on final approach to Runway 23 at Hamburg Airport, 26th October 1993.

     

    G-KKES, Socata TB20 Trinidad, at Biggin Hill, 6th March 1996.

     

    WB271/204, Fairey Firefly AS5, Royal Navy, performing a low-speed flypast at Woodford Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

     

    124485/G-BEDF, Boeing B17G Flying Fortress, in USAF colours as “Sally B”, taxxing along a runway at North Weald Fighter Meet, some time in the early 1990s.

     

    G-BOPT, Grob G115, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

    https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/02/05/photo-of-the-day-5th-february-2024/

    #AirGambia #airshow #avgeek #aviation #b17 #b707 #barton #BigginHill #boeing #BQH #Cosford #eddh #egcb #egcc #egcd #EGKB #egsx #EGWC #fairey #FighterMeet #finnair #firefly #FlyingFortress #G115 #Gloster #Grob #ham #hamburg #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #MD82 #Meteor #museum #northweald #photography #planespotting #RAFMuseum #RoyalAirForce #RoyalNavy #Runway23 #runway24 #Socata #TB20 #Tobago #UnitedStatesAirForce #usaf #woodford

  6. C5-GOA, Boeing 707-323B, Air Gambia, on final approach to Runway 24 at Manchester Airport, some time between March 1992 and August 1993.

    WK935, Gloster Meteor F.8 (mod), Royal Air Force, formerly used for prone flying experiments, on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford, 5th February 1996.
    See <https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/84-A-1169-Prone-Pilot-Meteor-WK935.pdf> for details of this plane.

     

    OH-LMY, McDonnell Douglas MD82, Finnair, on final approach to Runway 23 at Hamburg Airport, 26th October 1993.

     

    G-KKES, Socata TB20 Trinidad, at Biggin Hill, 6th March 1996.

     

    WB271/204, Fairey Firefly AS5, Royal Navy, performing a low-speed flypast at Woodford Airshow, some time in the 1990s.

     

    124485/G-BEDF, Boeing B17G Flying Fortress, in USAF colours as “Sally B”, taxxing along a runway at North Weald Fighter Meet, some time in the early 1990s.

     

    G-BOPT, Grob G115, at Manchester Barton, some time in the 1990s.

    https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/02/05/photo-of-the-day-5th-february-2024/

    #AirGambia #airshow #avgeek #aviation #b17 #b707 #barton #BigginHill #boeing #BQH #Cosford #eddh #egcb #egcc #egcd #EGKB #egsx #EGWC #fairey #FighterMeet #finnair #firefly #FlyingFortress #G115 #Gloster #Grob #ham #hamburg #man #manchester #McDonnellDouglas #MD82 #Meteor #museum #northweald #photography #planespotting #RAFMuseum #RoyalAirForce #RoyalNavy #Runway23 #runway24 #Socata #TB20 #Tobago #UnitedStatesAirForce #usaf #woodford

  7. "Sentimental Journey", one of only 5 Flying Fortress B-17G's still actively flying, awaiting clearance to take off from Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington:

    #Photography #FlyingFortress #Seattle #WashingtonState

    photo by Long Bach Nguyen

  8. B-17G 'Sally B' , the only active B-17 in #Europe. This famous aircraft is based at #ImperialWarMuseum #Duxford #Airfield, and ably supported by a wonderful crew & engineers & many other volunteers, headed by Ellie Sallingboe. (Hi, Ellie !) #WW2 #bomber #USA #UK #flying #museum #avgeek #aviation #B17 #FlyingFortress #airshow #aircraft #aircraftpreservation #Cambridgeshire

  9. On This Day 4th March 1996.
    483868, Boeing B-17G, United States Army Air Force, on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon, 4th March 1996.
    #avgeek #planespotting #otd #rafMuseum #hendon #london #boeing #b17 #flyingFortress #usaaf #unitedStatesArmyAirForce