Free Download The Boeing B-17 (FlightCraft) by Ben Skipper
English | February 10, 2023 | ISBN: 1399086464 | 96 pages | EPUB | 79 Mb
The B-17 Flying Fortress, a term coined by a Seattle Daily Times report in 1935, was a quantum leap in offensive air power. Designed for a nation whose foreign policy was still deeply isolationist, and an Air Corps whose in-service bomber fleet was dominated by bi-planes, the B-17, with its four engines, huge wingspan, enviable payload – almost double that of contemporary bombers – and all metal construction, ushered in a new age.