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Bally Bomber, the Amazing Homebuilt B-17G Flying Fortress Replica That Flies

You often hear about how you can achieve wonders with patience and skill, and determination to apply yourself to a task and stick with it. That’s what this is, besides being a very inspiring and ...
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A Pilot Spent 17 Years Building a 1:3 Scale Replica of the B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber—and Yes, It Flies

As far as Jack Bally was concerned, if you spent enough time admiring a plane, you might as well build one of your own. That’s why the Vietnam veteran and aviation enthusiast decided to build a 1:3 ...
Jalopnik

A Pilot Spent 17 Years And 40,000 Hours Building A 1:3 Scale B-17 Flying Fortress

Jack Bally was a veteran and aviation enthusiast with a knack for building and flying kit planes. His list of builds includes a bush plane and a parasol monoplane. But in 1999, he would take on his ...
Stars and Stripes

WWII B-17 flies into Boeing Field on 90th anniversary of first flight of Flying Fortress

SEATTLE — Ninety years to the day of the first flight of the B-17, one of the last surviving Flying Fortress bombers roared into Boeing Field where it all began. “Sentimental Journey,” a ...
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A Pilot Spent 17 Years Building a 1:3 Scale Replica of the B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber—and Yes, It Flies

As far as Jack Bally was concerned, if you spent enough time admiring a plane, you might as well build one of your own. That’s why the Vietnam veteran and aviation enthusiast decided to build a 1:3 ...