When me and my friend took a flight of the B17G
"Yankee Lady" my friend video tapped the entire event. Here are a few clips
from that day.
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| Get inside
Go inside, crew chief Norm Ellickson gives us the "lowdown" : 42 seconds, 22 Mega Bytes |
| Look back
From the radio room looking back towards the ball turret and waist section. : 36s, 26 MB |
| Number three and four engine start
Number three and four engines are started : 39s, 26 MB |
| Engine rev up
Engines are revved up before takeoff : 22s, 12 MB |
| Take off
Take off and view of area surrounding Republic Airport through radio room window : 1m 33s, 52 MB |
| Waist gunner view
View through the left and right waist gunner window. My seat was right across the left waist gunner window. 1m 44s, 40 MB |
| Going towards cockpit
Dave heads up to the cockpit, notice the plank across the bomb-bay which you have to walk across. 1m 14s, 48 MB |
| View through nose
View through nose section, including the infamous Norden Bomb sight. : 59s, 37 MB |
| Bombardier's chair
View of bombardier's chair, including the remote for the chin turret (seen on the right). 11s, 7 MB |
| Big engines
View of the number one and two engines while in flight. : 45s, 18 MB |
| Landing
View through right window for radio room as we were landing, first we went over a highway. 54s, 25 MB |
| Engines start
Now starting the videos from the outside. Engines start up for the next flight. 1m 45s, 62 MB |
| Taxi away
The lady taxis away for the next flight. 1m 25s, 52 MB |
| Take off
Take off and fly over. 1m, 22 MB |
| Coming back - Part 1
Taxing back - Part 1. We missed her landing because the flight was shorter than expected. 1m 30s, 57 MB |
| Coming back - Part 2
Taxi in near hangar, nice parking job! 1m 38s, 66 MB |