As the spring and summer flying and airshow season gets underway, it’s nice to see all three of the actively flying B-17s in the U.S.

(The following was written by Training Captain Peter Kuypers with the B-17 Preservation Group that operates B-17G 44-85784, otherwise and better known as the “Sally

The first phase of a project to restore B-17G 44-83690 has been completed by the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, Georgia. The museum held

The restoration of B-17G 44-85813, otherwise known as Champaign Lady, continues to make solid progress at Urbana, Ohio. The decades-long effort by the Champaign Air

The sole remaining early “shark fin” B-17, B-17D 40-3097, is in the initial stages of a restoration or, probably better put, reassembly and preservation at

The restoration crew at Marengo, Illinois, working to restore B-17E 41-2595 (otherwise known as Desert Rat) continues to make steady, if slow, progress on the

A short update on the status of B-17G 44-85740 (N5017N), better known as the EAA’s Aluminum Overcast. For the week of AirVenture at Oshkosh, the

Good news announced today that the UK-based B-17G 44-85784 (G-BEDF), otherwise and better known as Sally B, has been cleared to fly by the UK

I had occasion to visit the Erickson Aircraft Collection museum at Madras, Oregon, recently, and took a close look at B-17G 44-85718 (N900RW), that formerly

Here is the current known situation with the FAA Airworthiness Directive that was effective on June 1, 2023, and the four formerly airworthy B-17s (Sentimental

A couple of developments have occurred since the FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) was released on May 17. (The AD becomes effective on June 1.) First,

B-17G 44-85790, otherwise known as Lacey Lady, is under a slow but steady restoration in a hangar at the Salem, Oregon, airport. This B-17 is

The much anticipated, overly speculated upon, FAA Airworthiness Directive (AD) for the B-17 wing attach structure was published on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, to become

(Slightly revised edition on Sunday, April 16) The Yankee Air Museum evidently put out an email today (Saturday, April 15) to, presumably, ticket holders for

I am writing this two days after the horrifying mid-air collision between the Commemorative Air Force’s P-63F Kingcobra (N6763) and B-17G (44-83872, N7227C), much better

A photo by surfaced on Facebook (Aviation Wrecks and Relics group) yesterday that showed the current state of B-17G 44-85740, otherwise known as the EAA’s

The October 2022 issue of Air Classics magazine has an article I did that pulls together as much of the story about an obscure B-17G,

B-17G 44-85718 (N900RW), last known as Thunderbird, remains under extensive rebuild in an Erickson Aircraft Collection hangar at Madras, Oregon. Contributor Connor Bond visited viewed

Work progresses on returning B-17G 44-83546 (N3703G), better known as (The Move) Memphis Belle, to the air continues at the Palm Springs Air Museum at

The Art Lacey B-17 that made a Milwaukie, Oregon, gas station a well-known local attraction has been well documented since 1947. That B-17G is currently