B-17G Sentimental Journey - 1/62 scale model Reviews
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B-17G Sentimental Journey - 1/62 scale model Feature
- Handcarved Mahogany Wood Model Airplane
- Handcrafted and Handpainted
- Comes with base stand ready to display
- Comes with base stand ready for display
This collectible B-17 represents one of the iconic aircraft of World War II, Boeing's Flying Fortress. This model B-17G shows "Sentimental Journey," a B-17G owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force. Out of more than 12,000 B-17s built, only a few are flyable, including Sentimental Journey. Painstakingly built from Philippine mahogany by our skilled craftsmen with a wealth of detail, this 1/62-scale model B-17G - the definitive version of the Flying Fortress - makes a great gift for any pilot, aviation buff or history fan.
The B-17 was not the fastest, highest-flying bomber of World War II, not did it carry the largest bomb load. What it could do, and proved it time after time, was take astonishing amounts of damage and return its crew home. While the Flying Fortress served in every theater of the war, it is the missions over Europe that brought the four-engine Boeing lasting fame.
The history of the B-17 dates back to 1934, when the Army Air Corps began seeking a replacement for the twin-engine Martin B-10. Boeing developed a four-engine model based on the XB-15 and its Boeing 247 airliner. Competition for the contract came from the Douglas DB-1 and the Martin Model 146, both twin-engine designs.
Boeing's Model 299 showed dazzling performance for the time, flying from Seattle to Dayton, Ohio's Wright Field at an average speed of 235 mph, as fast as many fighters of the day. At Wright Field, Army officials set to determine the B-10's replacement with a fly-off between the three contenders. On Oct. 30, 1935, Maj. Ployer Peter Hill, an Air Corps test pilot, along with Boeing test pilot Les Tower took off for an evaluation flight.
The Model 299 did not complete the evaluation and Army officials ordered Douglas B-18 Bolos as the B-10's replacement. Top Army officials were impressed with the Boeing's performance, and ordered 13 YB-17s in 1936 for further evaluation.
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