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The captain was 75-year-old Ernest "Mac" McCauley. He held a commercial pilot certificate and a type rating for the B-17. He also held a valid FAA medical certificate and reported 14,500 hours of flight time, of which nearly half was logged in the Flying Fortress. He was the most experienced living B-17 pilot in the world.
Collings Foundation B17 909 landing at Chicago Executive Airport YouTube
Warbirds "Collings Foundation B-17G Nine-O-Nine crashed because the pilot lowered the landing gear too early which lead to the aircraft landing short of the runway," NTSB says By Dario Leone Apr 14 2021 The NTSB said in a report released on Apr. 13, 2021 that pilot error probably caused Collings Foundation B-17G Nine-O-Nine crash on Oct. 2, 2019.
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Nine-O-Nine was a Boeing B-17G-30-BO Flying Fortress heavy bomber, of the 323d Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group, that completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, without loss to the crews that flew her.
B17 '909' from the Collings Foundation YouTube
The NTSB has issued its final report on the Boeing B-17 known as 909 that crashed at Bradley International Airport in October of 2019, killing seven and injuring another seven, including one person on the ground.
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B-17, U.S. heavy bomber used during World War II. The B-17 was designed by the Boeing Aircraft Company in response to a 1934 Army Air Corps specification that called for a four-engined bomber at a time when two engines were the norm.
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NTSB is currently investigating the crash of B-17 (N93012) "Nine-o-Nine" that crashed at the Bradley International Airport on October 2, 2019. Onboard were 13 people of which 7 were killed and 6 more wounded. Another person on the ground got severely burned on his hands and arms after trying to help the victims from the burning wreckage.
B17 "909" at a recent Airshow FM Forums
A preliminary NTSB report on the fatal October 2 crash of a vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Connecticut includes evidence that the aircraft may have had trouble with more than one of its four engines. An NTSB drone perspective on the wreckage of the B-17 that crashed October 2 at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut.
B17 Flying Fortress 909 Departs Livermore Photograph by John King
AeroShell pilot Mark Henley takes us on a tour of the Collings Foundation's restored B-17G Flying Fortress "909."
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In 2017, I flew out of Raleigh, NC, on the Collings Foundation's WWII B-17 bomber '909'. Six days ago, this bomber crashed in Connecticut with significant lo.
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Painted to look like another B-17 of WWII ( Nine-o-Nine, variant B-17G-30-BO), this late-model B-17G-85-DL aircraft wasn't finished in time to join World War II, but instead spent its 74.
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A portrait of the passengers aboard the doomed World War II-era airplane began to emerge a day after the plane crashed at a Connecticut airport, killing seven. Connecticut State Police near where a.
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Among the 12,731 B-17s produced between 1935 and 1945, one stands out for its stellar war record and post-war legacy - the Nine-O-Nine. Named after the last three digits of the military serial number, 42-31909, the Nine-O-Nine served the 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, 323rd Squadron based in Bassingbourn, England, with distinction and valour.
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Among the ten warbirds in their fleet by 2019 was a B-17 Flying Fortress built in 1945 under the military serial number 44-83575, although it had been repainted to look like its more famous.
Walkaround B17 Flying Fortress "909" YouTube
2019 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crash Coordinates: 41°55′54″N 72°41′32″W On October 2, 2019, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress owned by the Collings Foundation crashed at Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States.
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4/13/2021 WASHINGTON (April 13, 2021) — The National Transportation Safety Board detailed in an accident report issued Tuesday the circumstances that led to the crash of a Boeing B-17G airplane that killed seven people and injured seven others.
Collings Foundation B17G '909' YouTube
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.