Ex-CIA B-17 back in the air after 16 years

摘要

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-83785/ N207EV Shady Lady left its long-term home at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon on 7 August and is now at American Aero Services, New Smyrna Beach, Florida where it will undergo restoration work before being delivered to its owners, the Collings Foundation (CF) at Stow, Massachusetts. The bomber — which was delivered to the USAAF in early 1945 and was used to transport cargo and passengers in the USA for the remainder of the war — had been on static display at McMinnville for the past 16 years, and was acquired by CF from Everareen durina 2015.