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 years ...

However, the Model 299, which was a cross between the Boeing ... for the "most meritorious flight of the year." Because the B-17 had been designed with coastal patrol duties in mind, U.S. Navy ...

Ultimately, the B-17 prototype was developed by manufacturer Boeing to fulfill these requirements. When the prototype, designated Model 299, first took to the skies in the mid-1930’s in ...