B-17 Flying Fortress Traditional Cache
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Military aircraft series.
This is a small sized container hidden off of a faint neighborhood trail. Another one of my all-time favorite aircraft. This one is dedicated to all of the American airmen who lost their lives flying this aircraft.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Type: 9/10-seat long range bomber
Powerplant: Four 1,200-h.p. Wright R-1820-97 Cyclone turbocharged radial piston engines
Maximum Speed: 287 m.p.h. at 25,230 ft.
Range: 2000 miles with 6,007-lb. load
Weights: Empty 36,136 lb.; Loaded 65,499 lb.
Armament: 13 12.7-mm (.50 cal.) machine guns in twin turrets, plus single dorsal and fore and aft beam positions; 17,640 lb. maximum bomb load
Dimensions:
Wingspan: 103 ft. 9 in.
Length: 74 ft. 4 in.
Height: 19 ft. 1 in.
Wing Area: 1,420 sq. ft.
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