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

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

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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