Slightly OT Boeing B-17 - T- 28 - 787

[MineSweeper]

The Flying Fortress looks tiny.[;)]


http://www.boeingblogs.com/randy/

[dr.hal]

It looks like a "D" model, is that right?

[MineSweeper]

looks like a G with the nose turret....not sure though

[oldman45]

Pretty sure thats a G. D model didn't have a top turret.

[JeffroK]

And had a tail that looked like it would fall off!

[pmelheck1]

I remember crawling through a B-17 and was shocked by just how small it was having been around modern Fighters and bombers. I seem to recall the bomb bay being something akin to a kitchen table in size. The idea of being in something so small while being shot at was unreal. It's scary to think just how new aircraft are. I grew up with people who were alive before there were airplanes. The first plane my dad saw was during WW2.

[RevRick]

Imagine... 110 years or so of flight, and imagine if the Wright Flyer was in that picture. Think of that comparison, and imagine what the next 100 years might produce.

[USSAmerica]

I worked around F-14's while in the Navy and remember my first visit to the Memphis Belle. I was shocked to read that the wingspan of the B-17 was actually less than that of a modern (granted, larger than most) fighter. [X(]

[thegreatwent]

Crawling around a B-17 really was a surprise for me. At five foot eight I'm not huge but I felt claustrophobic in that plane.