Detailed tour through a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (as featured on Masters of the Air)

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As featured in Masters of the Air. Join me in this walkaround tour of a B-17G Flying Fortress in Tucson, Arizona. This WW2 heavy bomber was probably the most important bomber of the war and it an incredible piece of military aviation engineering. Museum: 390th Memorial Museum inside the PIMA Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ. Website: http://www.390th.org/ This aircraft: https://390th.org/learn-about-390th/b-17-flyingfortress/ Other videos: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Centre: https://youtu.be/CpJiLUDwyx0 National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Part 1: https://youtu.be/7ZKQzgLiZ94 National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Part 2: https://youtu.be/ZKKUP4h58rM Duxford Air Museum UK: https://youtu.be/VxIyQCAQi7g American Air Museum at Duxford: https://youtu.be/_Joz2Vr4lk0 Tour through the first ever Boeing 747 in Seattle: https://youtu.be/boGbjkx3_7c​ Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton: https://youtu.be/8VOUbCfki1Q Detailed tour around the Lockheed F-22 Raptor: https://youtu.be/l4y71pDy8t0 Republic F-105 Thunderchief tour: https://youtu.be/O4CBT59STuc North American F-100 Super Sabre: https://youtu.be/2Qht4zoWhtQ McDonnell F-101 Voodoo: https://youtu.be/sVU5VBrmxPc Convair F-102 Delta Dagger: https://youtu.be/jTco1izJXBs Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit prototype: https://youtu.be/xEPs9izdDJA Lockheed YF-12A tour: https://youtu.be/Ni_Mzfp8EKE Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton: https://youtu.be/8VOUbCfki1Q F-117 Nighthawk: https://youtu.be/KTCP1_0AkxQ American Air Museum guided tour: https://youtu.be/_Joz2Vr4lk0 Tupolev Tu144: https://youtu.be/43mbeTtCXsE de Havilland Comet 4: https://youtu.be/7nfH16RpXjs Avro Vulcan tour and engine run: https://youtu.be/FgXZT1Ym4rk SAM 26000 VC-137C: https://youtu.be/-vwI3efLs4w Lockheed VC-121E “Columbine III”: https://youtu.be/lTbL8MY8aZk Douglas VC-54C “Sacred Cow” : https://youtu.be/08IngOll0pg Tour around the first Boeing 747 in Seattle: https://youtu.be/_fU1EUwwH_8?si=oj0TdU0TD0qI9y4s Lockheed YF-12A tour: https://youtu.be/Ni_Mzfp8EKE Tour around a Saturn V rocket in Houston: https://youtu.be/ByXRfwAK1S8 F-117 Nighthawk: https://youtu.be/KTCP1_0AkxQ Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose": https://youtu.be/zwniLHX-KTc Boeing B-29 Superfortress: https://youtu.be/6TcTDd2v090 Convair B-36 Peacemaker: https://youtu.be/bvM0usMCQkg Boeing B-47 Stratojet: https://youtu.be/DPf40OW5Z0A Convair B-58 Hustler: https://youtu.be/UmQfyfedaRk North American XB-70 Valkryie: https://youtu.be/O8GvQ_N_lLk North American X-15: https://youtu.be/YGN3b3usw5Q Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: https://youtu.be/McR124aLTnA Tour around a Titan II missile silo on Tucson: https://youtu.be/k4my24bGlEM I have two Youtube channels: Paul Stewart (aviation travel vlogs): https://www.youtube.com/c/paulstewartaviation Paul Stewart EXTRA (unedited inflight aviation footage): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPnnXfUeUOKYUs5K_Ve1icg Check out my Instagram account: @paulstewartaviation ( https://www.instagram.com/paulstewartaviation/ ) and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulstewartaviation/​ If you enjoy this videos and want to see more, you can send me a donation via Paypal :) https://paypal.me/paulstewartaviation​ #aviation #avgeek #b17 #flyingfortress 0:00 intro 0:50 nose 1:30 communication and navigation equipment 1:48 bombay 2:16 landing gear 2:50 Wright R-1820-97 "Cyclone" turbosupercharged radial engines and wing 4:54 ball turret 6:16 waist gunner 6:40 tail gunner 8:11 entering inside 8:50 tail gunner position from inside 10:07 two waist gunner positions 11:30 radio operator position 12:05 bombay cat walk 12:30 flight engineer position 13:17 captain's position 14:35 copilot's seat 15:30 navigator's position 16:25 bombardier's position