B-17 Start-up 

its always awsome to see yankey lady roaring to life i love this old bird

just went up in 909 to honor my grandfather today what an experience!!!!!!!!

The B17, the DC-3 and the Bell 47 are undoubtely the most beautiful "air things" created by man

i love how those radials smoke and sputter when they are first started, once they are running they are smooth as silk. so much character, don't forget the 1200 hp a piece. i flew in a b17 once it was a wonderful experience.

World War II radial engines firing up! How sweet the sound and what a beautiful bird is the magnificent B-17 Flying Fortress.

A sound never to get tired of!

The B-17G is the most beautiful aircraft ever built.

the B-17 is awesome, i love this plane :)

there is nothing like the sound of those old birds coming to life

To clear a few things up. The Memphis belle is in fact, in Dayton Ohio for restoration. As far as parts missing, it was well before the restoration began. They were taken back in the 60's. Once word got out, that it was going to be restored back to flyable condition, the then "thief" turned in an entire milk crate of parts including some of the avionics. The belle is being restored, using virtually all of it's own parts. Most are restored using multiple planes.

My friend, Glenn, flew that EXACT B-17!

The Memphis Belle is at the USAF Museum near Dayton, Ohio undergoing restoration after sitting outside in Memphis for 25+ years.

This is the Yankee Lady, 1 of 13 flyable today. Its home is Belleville Michigan at Willow run airport. They offer rides and ive been in it. its truely a blast, come see it!!!

amazing the b-17 is beast

That plane is so fucking beautiful!!!!!!!

Sound of freedom!!!

@shreader327 the last i heard/read she is at the United States Air Force History Museum in Dayton, Ohio undergoing restoration. Awesome museum, if you haven't been there I recommend taking a visit if you have the opportunity. And the movie made about the plane is my all time favorite movie. Ever.

It was on display for years. It was being restored.

@shreader327 The real Memphis Belle is being restored in the national USAF museum in Dayton, Ohio. There is another one painted in the same markings that is still flying.

love that sound...

Oh and if i was a billionaire, i would have every WW2 plane restored and flying!

Starting those plans is always such a presentation, I love it! Any idea why they usually or always do this order??? I love the smoke right before you can hear it come to life.

lovely sound...

They that's the aluminum overcast!

The Memphis is being restored in Dayton,Ohio I think it will be a long time before they have it ready for display

I believe they start #3 first, has generator i think. Anyone?? What a beautiful sound, volume to max.....

@shreader327 The aircraft is undergoing extensive restoration at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. Thank god for wikipedia;]

@sekiryu It was removed from Memphis because it was not being properly cared for there. It is now getting the proper restoration it deserves. One of the problems faced by the National Museum of the USAF is all the parts that went missing while being "restored" in Memphis. Sorry, but the Belle is much, much better off in Ohio.

@shreader327 Yes, i it's in a museum and was been restored if i'm not mistaken.

@shreader327 yes it is. the real memphis belle will never be flown again, but there is a b17 painted like memphis belle that is flown regurally. she is based at geneseo, ny. i vist her often

Beautifull.

@shreader327 yup. currently under restoration at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

the belle is on display at the smithsonian museum

I THINK THAT IT is on display in Memphis.

AH!!!! The sound of 4800hp. 4x1200hp

feather the props on engine1 !!

@shreader327 I think shes in the smithsosaion

Man what a funk...

E' statico!

it is in a museum in Ohio

@hearts76100 they could fly on only one enige but that was really hard to do but it was possible

@shreader327 apparently yes

does anyone know if the memphis Belle is still in existence?

good god global warming much? but no in all reality awsome bomer