let me take you under my wing by Richardphotos

Photography • Aviation • posted on Mar 27, 2017

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Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress easy to see just how huge the wings are needed for to give lift for a plane loaded with arsenal Power: Four 1,200-horsepower Wright Cyclone R-1820, 9-cylinder radial piston engines driving 11 feet, 7 inches in diameter Hamilton Standard propellers Weight: Basic Empty Weight – 34,000 pounds, Gross Weight (Wartime) – 65,500 pounds Fuel Capacity: 1,700 gallons Range: 1,850 miles. Range could be extended when equipped with “Tokyo Tanks” which provided a total capacity of 3,630 gallons. Wing Span: 103 feet, 9 inches Length: 74 feet, 4 inches Height: 19 feet, 1 inches Service Ceiling: 35,600 feet Typical Armament: Thirteen Browning M-2 .50 caliber machine guns. Fire rate approximately 13 rounds per second, per gun Typical Bomb Load: Maximum normal load – 8,000 pounds With special external racks, maximum normal short-range bomb load – 17,600 pounds Number Built: 12,731, with production of the “G” Model by Boeing, Douglas and Lockheed reaching 8,680 Speed: Maximum – 300 miles per hour at 30,000 feet Colors: 447th Bomb Group http://lyonairmuseum.org/exhibit/boeing-b-17-flying-fortress

Comments (23)

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T.Rex

3:41AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Unusual view! But it sure gets the point across - wide wing for maxi lift. Interesting with the rows of rivets in the wing. A lot of work to make the wing. And many of these planes lasted only some 20 or more raids before being shot down or so shot up they had to be scrapped. Keep up the good work! :-)

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captbear

4:06AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

love it

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crender

4:31AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Beautiful !!!!

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Freethinker56

5:09AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

WOW! this is excellent photo well captured Richard.

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ontar1

6:28AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

That is cool, love the POV!

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bugsnouveau

7:25AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Great shot

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Faemike55

8:52AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Fascinating intel on this plane - Great shot

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byteline

9:08AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

GREAT shot and view!

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Glendaw

9:49AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

LOL-- Right you are Richard.

Awesome photo and info, thanks for sharing.

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eekdog Online Now!

9:51AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Great info and teriffic pov shot.

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Navi

4:34PM | Mon, 27 March 2017

This is a behemoth indeed, great PoV :)

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Windigo

5:25PM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Wonderful POV!

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RodS

8:17PM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Great photo of the old girl, Richard! I love how the wing is accentuated here!

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mtdana

12:42AM | Tue, 28 March 2017

Great perspective!!!

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starship64

12:49AM | Tue, 28 March 2017

Great angle on this shot. Nicely done.

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sossy

5:39AM | Tue, 28 March 2017

cool title and outstanding wing impression, fav 🤗

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nickcarter

9:24AM | Tue, 28 March 2017

A fantastic and impressive PoV, photo and description of the aircraft features very interesting!!!

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iborg64

4:27PM | Tue, 28 March 2017

Excellent photo fascinating aeroplane and I like the point of view

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claude19

8:52PM | Tue, 28 March 2017

splendid title which fits with this splendid capture !!! it's even Art !!!

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DukeNukem2005

5:57AM | Wed, 29 March 2017

This is a great beauty!

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lizard01

8:12PM | Fri, 31 March 2017

Great PoV

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anahata.c

1:52AM | Sat, 01 April 2017

a finely balanced shot, for all its extreme reaches. Love that wing sweeping out to greet us. And the rest of the shot seems to balance it out. Fine proportions between ground and horizon and sky. The fact that the wing touches the tip of this photo somehow 'completes' it all for us. Another fine shot from this aviation series of late...

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