Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress flight with cockpit view and ATC

All nice high res, great. Nice surprise in the end pics

To think about these machines , german, italian ,japanese , british it just does not matter, they were built to kill and protect , yet they look and feel so incredible and out of this world.😊

What's a beautiful bomber ❤

My High School science teacher was a
B-17 Captain during WWII. We asked him to tell us about his experiences, but he was a very humble gentleman, the only thing he did say was the flak from the German 88's scared the crap out of him.

Why are these planes always flown by old bastards? (and what's with the damn pony tail?) They were flown into war by guys who were mostly in their twenties, get pilots with a commercial or military background not someone who is going to soil their diapers at he first sign of a problem.

Every time you hear of these planes crashing it's always because some old codger didn't have the reaction time to contain the issue.

It should be illegal for someone over a certain age to fly, especially if it's a historic aircraft such as this one.

"" Who will do this today.!!

One beautiful B-17

Wow what a beautiful sight😮

This is amazingly cool!

Am I the only one that spent the entire video wanting to cut that "out of place" pony tail?

My grandfather was a tail gunner instructor on one of these, stationed in KS during WWII. To be relatively safe stateside and to be likely to be indirectly responsible for multiple Nazi airmen deaths seems like a decent way to contribute at that time.

I got to fly in the 909....and it was a truly eye opening experience and all the while I was wondering how these brave crews
Handled the sheer terror of being attacked by German and Japanese fighters and the anti aircraft ground battery's....and then keep on going back....this generation was just outstanding.

Video ruined by the guy with his head in the camera. What a Wally.

nice big head and hat

Probably the first time a guy with a #@! ponytail has flown a B-17! And after that, we got to watch the back of that guy's head. Thumb DOWN for that.

brilliant video of a unique experience. thanks for making and sharing

Beautiful works of art

I had the privilege of flying in the 909 what a great experience!

Imagine being 3x the age of those who flew it new.

Always some old guy in need of a haircut...