Aero Vintage Books

For those that are passionate about seeing a C or D model flying, why not do some serious research about the design, get drawings, see avaliability of parts etc, and approach one of the owners with all the information needed, It could help if this has been looked into and might give them something t...

Bill, I have the T.O 01-20E-3, on page 319 it lists it Bulkhead, Station 5 (BAC Reference drawing 95-3425) 4. Chord, Upper, H.T. 180-200,000 lb/sq in 85-3425-1 BAC 1501-13006 AN-WW-T-850 5. Chord, Lower, H.T. 180-200,000 lb/sq in 85-3425-2 BAC 1501-13006 AN-WW-T-850 Page 317 Bulkhead, Station 4 (BAC...

Does anyone have or know the whereabouts of some dimensional drawings of the B-17 pilots seats and frames?

Bill, Thanks for the pics, they have helped a lot, I am just putting together the overhead section with the windows in, I have made the windows and they came out quite good, good job we had an oven big enough to put the plexi into. I will keep a look out for turret parts for both of you. I did spend...

Bill, I have some spare parts from these, I think I have the bronze casting that fits underneath that holds the bolt that the 50 cal fits into, also I believe that I have the 2 curved castings that connect to the C-19 adapter. Will try to dig them out and send some photos to you. I made a couple of ...

As the Lancaster still belongs to the RAF it is exempt from all this insurance policy

"On the eve of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two, new European regulations have grounded the UK’s much-loved Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, Sally B. This is because of crippling new EU third party liability insurance requirements, based on aircraft weight, which ha...

Does anyone have any info or photos of the current state of the nose section that was under rebuild, The website has not been updated for ages and I would love to see how it is progressing.

I know that the motors were the same, its just the ratio gear that changed,
The 2 main landing gear motors were the same, but the flap motor, bombay door motor and the tail wheel motor were set with different ratio's, I will check with the Sally B lot as I know they have some T.O on this.

Bill, What is the description of the T.O?

I know that B-17 Sally B 44-85784 (Vega built) has phenolic panels on a aluminium frame, yet B-17 Mary Alice 44-83735 (Douglas built) has phenolic panels on a wooden frame

Try this link
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mclaydon/
Good photos of the inside of B-17 'Mary Alice'
Click on Aircraft walkthroughs and then click on the B-17

Try this link
http://users.adelphia.net/~b17panel/b17panel/index.html
This guy sells the panel assemblies

I do not have any blueprints, as you can imagine, they are hard to come by over here in the U.K. I have a large machine shop that I can make parts in so if you have any drawings these would be a great help. Great work you are doing on the B-17E, How are you progressing?, Are you planning to update t...

Hi, I am new to this forum and I am looking for some help. I am building a B-17 replica cockpit section using as many original parts as I can get, I have managed to get about 80% of the parts I need, but I am missing a few. Does anyone know where I can find any brake metering valves (they mount on t...