Any super Sleuth know how the Flying Heritage Collections B17 E is getting along
heard recently that it was in parts and hadn’t been touched
It was restored from Basket Case CP753 (Bolivian Meathauler) by the Whittington Bros and the purchased by FHC , apparently the standard of restoration was not good enough so to be done again
By: go4b17 - 13th October 2007 at 18:40
Thanks Bro – what a history !
would love to know what Colour Scheme FHC will apply
By: Newforest - 12th October 2007 at 17:26
B-17E 41-9210 had been used as a testbed during the war. After the war, it was sold off as surplus on the commercial market. It went through a succession of users in both the USA and Canada, and eventually ended up with a Bolivian airline and was assigned to freight runs. It was damaged in a takeoff accident in 1976, and became a spare parts source for other B-17s serving with the airline. It sat derelict at La Paz until 1990 when recovered by Don Whittington of World Jet of Fort Lauderdale, FL. It was returned to USA under the civil registration N8WJ. It was flown in September of 1998 to Moses Lake, WA and was transferred to the Flying Heritage Museum of Bellevue, WA, where it is currently under restoration.
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher2/b17_8.html
The above was last updated 2001!
The Flying Heritage Collection is in the middle of moving their operation to Paine Field Airport, Everett, Washington, so this would be their priority at this time. It is interesting to note that reports say the Collection have TWELVE aircraft under restoration and a further TWELVE waiting to be restored. Waiting to be restored is a Mosquito and as the majority of restorations are to FLYING condition, this would be a very welcome addition.:)
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October 12, 2007 at 10:31 am