Detailed tour through a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (as featured on Masters of the Air)

As featured in Masters of the Air. Join me in this walkaround tour of a B-17G Flying Fortress in Tucson, Arizona. This WW2 heavy bomber was probably the most important bomber of the war and it an incredible piece of military aviation engineering. Museum: 390th Memorial Museum inside the PIMA Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ. Website: This aircraft: Other videos: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Centre: National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Part 1: National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Part 2: Duxford Air Museum UK: American Air Museum at Duxford: Tour through the first ever Boeing 747 in Seattle: ​ Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton: Detailed tour around the Lockheed F-22 Raptor: Republic F-105 Thunderchief tour: North American F-100 Super Sabre: McDonnell F-101 Voodoo: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger: Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit prototype: Lockheed YF-12A tour: Tour around the Northrop YF-23 in Dayton: F-117 Nighthawk: American Air Museum guided tour: Tupolev Tu144: de Havilland Comet 4: Avro Vulcan tour and engine run: SAM 26000 VC-137C: Lockheed VC-121E “Columbine III”: Douglas VC-54C “Sacred Cow” : Tour around the first Boeing 747 in Seattle: Lockheed YF-12A tour: Tour around a Saturn V rocket in Houston: F-117 Nighthawk: Hughes H-4 Hercules “Spruce Goose“: Boeing B-29 Superfortress: Convair B-36 Peacemaker: Boeing B-47 Stratojet: Convair B-58 Hustler: North American XB-70 Valkryie: North American X-15: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: Tour around a Titan II missile silo on Tucson: I have two Youtube channels: Paul Stewart (aviation travel vlogs): Paul Stewart EXTRA (unedited inflight aviation footage): Check out my Instagram account: @paulstewartaviation ( ) and Facebook: ​ If you enjoy this videos and want to see more, you can send me a donation via Paypal :) ​ #aviation #avgeek #b17 #flyingfortress 0:00 intro 0:50 nose 1:30 communication and navigation equipment 1:48 bombay 2:16 landing gear 2:50 Wright R-1820-97 “Cyclone“ turbosupercharged radial engines and wing 4:54 ball turret 6:16 waist gunner 6:40 tail gunner 8:11 entering inside 8:50 tail gunner position from inside 10:07 two waist gunner positions 11:30 radio operator position 12:05 bombay cat walk 12:30 flight engineer position 13:17 captain’s position 14:35 copilot’s seat 15:30 navigator’s position 16:25 bombardier’s position