LOCAL NEWS FROM KMED...

B-17 FLYING FORTRESS COMES TO MEDFORD (see pics)

ONE OF ONLY 12 REMAINING FLYING FORTRESS BOMBERS IS IN TOWN...AND, THIS IS YOUR ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CHANCE TO SEE THE FAMOUS MILITARY AIRPLANE, OR..EVEN TAKE A FLIGHT.


KMED News Director, Mike Arthur, prepares to take flight

THE B-17 FLYING FORTRESS WAS A HEAVY BOMBER, VITAL TO WINNING WORLD WAR-II.


KRWQ'S Brian Bishop, interviews Wally Walton.  Wally flew B-17s and other aircraft during WW-II

Click here to hear the interview with Wally Walton

 

THE B-17'S WERE BUILT FROM 1935 THOUGH 1945...4,754 WERE DESTROYED IN COMBAT. TODAY, ONLY 12 EXIST IN THE WORLD.


A look inside the aircraft

TO MAKE A RESERVATION OR TAKE A FLIGHT, CALL 1-800-359-6217 OR LOG ONTO B17.ORG.

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