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A preliminary NTSB report on the fatal October 2 crash of a vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Connecticut includes evidence that the aircraft may have had trouble with more than one of its four engines. An NTSB drone perspective on the wreckage of the B-17 that crashed October 2 at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.


Walkaround B17 Flying Fortress "909" YouTube

A portrait of the passengers aboard the doomed World War II-era airplane began to emerge a day after the plane crashed at a Connecticut airport, killing seven. Connecticut State Police near where a.


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I think the aircraft commander for 909 was highest time B-17 pilot on the planet; he was 75. While touring FiFi not long ago, I had the chance to talk to the A/C and was surprised to learn that he was 74. I'm sure both these guys had seen everything there is to see while on tour.


B17 Flying Fortress 909 Departs Livermore Photograph by John King

B-17, U.S. heavy bomber used during World War II. The B-17 was designed by the Boeing Aircraft Company in response to a 1934 Army Air Corps specification that called for a four-engined bomber at a time when two engines were the norm.


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The captain was 75-year-old Ernest "Mac" McCauley. He held a commercial pilot certificate and a type rating for the B-17. He also held a valid FAA medical certificate and reported 14,500 hours of flight time, of which nearly half was logged in the Flying Fortress. He was the most experienced living B-17 pilot in the world.


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In 2017, I flew out of Raleigh, NC, on the Collings Foundation's WWII B-17 bomber '909'. Six days ago, this bomber crashed in Connecticut with significant lo.


B17 "909" at a recent Airshow FM Forums

AeroShell pilot Mark Henley takes us on a tour of the Collings Foundation's restored B-17G Flying Fortress "909."


Collins Foundation B17G '909 YouTube

2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash Coordinates: 41°55′54″N 72°41′32″W On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States.


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Warbirds "Collings Foundation B-17G Nine-O-Nine crashed because the pilot lowered the landing gear too early which lead to the aircraft landing short of the runway," NTSB says By Dario Leone Apr 14 2021 The NTSB said in a report released on Apr. 13, 2021 that pilot error probably caused Collings Foundation B-17G Nine-O-Nine crash on Oct. 2, 2019.


Collings Foundation B17G '909' YouTube

Nine-O-Nine, the B-17 bomber involved in yesterday's tragic crash in Connecticut, was built too late to serve in World War II, but was later rebuilt to resemble the original Nine O Nine, a.


'909' B17 Flying Fortress WWII Bomber Greg Flickr

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.


B17 '909' from the Collings Foundation YouTube

Painted to look like another B-17 of WWII ( Nine-o-Nine, variant B-17G-30-BO), this late-model B-17G-85-DL aircraft wasn't finished in time to join World War II, but instead spent its 74.


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It was known at one point as the "Flying Fortress," or "the 909." This plane was one of 18 B-17 actively flying in the United States, Sen. Richard Blumenthal said in a statement after the.


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The NTSB has released its final report on the fatal crash of the Collings Foundation's B-17 Nine-O-Nine and the board's takeaway is no surprise to anyone who has been following the story.


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NTSB is currently investigating the crash of B-17 (N93012) "Nine-o-Nine" that crashed at the Bradley International Airport on October 2, 2019. Onboard were 13 people of which 7 were killed and 6 more wounded. Another person on the ground got severely burned on his hands and arms after trying to help the victims from the burning wreckage.


Collings Foundation B17 909 landing at Chicago Executive Airport YouTube

Among the ten warbirds in their fleet by 2019 was a B-17 Flying Fortress built in 1945 under the military serial number 44-83575, although it had been repainted to look like its more famous.