B-17

The Collings Foundation is ending its decades-long Wings of Freedom tour and putting its aircraft on permanent display at its Massachusetts museum.

The Collings Foundation has settled legal claims involving eight of the 10 passengers who were aboard its B-17 “Nine-0-Nine” when it crashed at Hartford’s Bradley International Airport on Oct. 2, 2019.

The family of the B-17 pilot killed during the Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow is suing, alleging negligence.

Here’s how to hop a short flight on a piece of history.

The agency’s ‘interim AD’ cites issues with the iconic World War II airplane’s wing spars.

The museum’s favorite aircraft among visitors was left abandoned in a swamp for decades before it was found and restored.

Capt. Terry Barker, who was killed during the Wings Over Dallas accident Saturday, was known by colleagues as a conscientious leader and passionate pilot.

The go-team from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is painstakingly sifting through wreckage of two World War II-era aircraft that collided midair during the Wings Over Dallas airshow on Saturday. Six people were killed—five on the B-17G Texas Raiders and one on the Bell P-63F Kingcobra.  Both aircraft, B-17G, N7227C, and Bell P-63F, N6763, […]

There are approximately 45 B-17 Flying Fortresses left. Losing this one feels personal.

The all-volunteer museum honors the memory of the 381st Bomb Group, which was stationed at the Ridgewell Airfield in England.