A couple weeks ago we had a very special visit from Fern Reed. She's 97 and lives in Portland, Oregon, and she came to the Museum just so she could see a B-17F, the exact model Boeing bomber she helped build in Seattle in 1942. She was a Rosie the Riveter. Our B-17F was made in the same plant during the same year she worked there. Our Curator gave her a tour, and asked her to sign the plane. Thank you Fern, you are fantastic, and we'll never forget you. | The Museum of Flight

Six radial engines turning! The first flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress prototype began at Boeing Field on July 28, 1935. Today is the 90th anniversary of this historic event, and of course Museum PR Guy was outside to see the anni honored when one of only three B-17s still flying landed at Boeing Field. It arrived with a B-25, and both are based here at the Museum for a couple weeks of ground tours and ride flights as part of the CAF Arizona Airbase Flying Legends of Victory Tour. 4 eng

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