Notes on Boeing B-17C; greatest feature is ability to fly unusually high; span of 103 ft 9 in.; motors are 1200-hp Wright Cyclone R-1820-G205As fitted with Hamilton Hydromatic full feathering 3-bladed propeller; at 20,000 ft it can reach 320 mph; service ceiling 36,000 ft.
High-flying fortress
Aeroplane
Aeroplane ; 61 , n 1578
1941
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1944
Engineering Index Backfile | 1944
Engineering Index Backfile | 1945
|248 factories built flying fortress
Engineering Index Backfile | 1941