B-17 Fortress Short Landing

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B-17 Fortress Short Landing

B-17 "Sally B" making a short landing at North Weald. Tail high and hard on the brakes, just like the pilots manual says.

Author: vultee35
Length: 01:15
Uploaded: 23.8.2006
Viewed: 64538×
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Video Category: Howto
Tags: B-17, B17, Fortress, Fort, USAAF, Bomber, WW2
good pilot   (friendship4our)13.10.2009
good pilot
wow   (DerDeftige1)29.9.2009
wow
North Weald Fighter ...   (vultee35)2.9.2009
North Weald Fighter Meet, 1996.
brilliant landing. ...   (gregersgram)2.9.2009
brilliant landing. when is this from? early 90s?
Wow, that must have ...   (nojyt)21.8.2009
Wow, that must have been an eerie feeling! Amazing.
My dad flew 17's ...   (boneheadvideo)19.7.2009
My dad flew 17's during ww2 out of knittleshaw.O​ne of them is on static display at lacklin.The name of it is "heavens above".Really​ moving when i went to see it,touch it,smell it and kissed it.
My old boss was a ...   (82abnoff)28.6.2009
My old boss was a B17 Navigator over Germany in WWII.
Unbelievable.   (ckolonko)9.6.2009
Unbelievable.
awesume landing   (silverbird58)19.5.2009
awesume landing
Ellenor Sallingboe ...   (vultee35)6.5.2009
Ellenor Sallingboe the owner, likes those colours, and the aircraft has worn them ever since the 1989 Memphis Belle Film. It's a shame they don't choose a more appropriate scheme for an early B-17G as Sally B resembles now. Steve
its the sally b but ...   (NLPETERNL)6.5.2009
its the sally b but has the markings of the memphis belle???? Strange!!!
There are some 42 ...   (poosanta)22.4.2009
There are some 42 surviving intact Fortresses, with about 12 operational (depending on maintenance requirements)​.
never saw a landing ...   (grazyarnie)7.4.2009
never saw a landing with a tailwheel layout bomber with such a brilliant touchdown and roll-out, great stuff thx for the video
There's around 50 ...   (vultee35)3.4.2009
There's around 50 surviving B-17 airframes around the world, of which 10 to 14 are airworthy, depending on maintenance and those airworthy but not regularly flown. There are I think five B-17's in Europe, two are airworthy - 'Sally B' and 'Pink Lady'.
vary rar to have a ...   (goldfire1997)3.4.2009
vary rar to have a video of b17 from today
there are only ...   (goldfire1997)3.4.2009
there are only around 8 left in the world and 2-5 in the U.S.A and theres 1 in PA
Wow, i remember ...   (keefy036)24.3.2009
Wow, i remember that too, many years ago now. Remember a group of us being well surprised at the time . Cool.
these planes were ...   (JOEMCNINCH)9.2.2009
these planes were manufactured to be used and abused. this is an impressive display of flying.
Obviously this ...   (leonciasdart)5.9.2008
Obviously this pilot is experienced at flying the Sally B, but what would happen if say a new pilot came along and stood on the brakes too hard? or even one of the brakes failing?
What's the problem? ...   (vultee35)5.9.2008
What's the problem? There's nothing wrong or causing undue stress on the airframe landing like this. The brakes just work better with the tail high as it reduces lift, puts more weight on wheels and reduces the chances of skidding. It wasn't as if it was a really short landing standing hard on the brakes.
Just bcuz it's in ...   (leonciasdart)5.9.2008
Just bcuz it's in the manual does it mean they have to do it? The plane is over 60 yrs old, it should be babied.
There's nothing ...   (vultee35)19.8.2008
There's nothing cocky about it at all. Standard operating proceedure as per pilots operating instructions as I've previously mentioned. Once you've flown one, you would know.
EXTREMELY ...   (nachtjager77)19.8.2008
EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE! But, a word of caution to all the Brit pilots who get a little cocky with these planes, remember the Messerschmidt​ incident a few years back? Why take these chances? Great skill, but maybe next time do it with a DC-3, not a B-17!
Nice to hear from ...   (vultee35)15.8.2008
Nice to hear from someone else who remembers it! Steve
I was there that ...   (Goetmhmiac)14.8.2008
I was there that day, remember thinking it was going to nose over. Amazing that someone caught it on film and it is now on here. I realise now it was intentional, but not at the time.

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