A B-17 with five engines

[Guest tony.osborne]

I share with you the link with photos for this curious and unusual version of the Flying Fortress, used to test the Wright XT-35 Typhoon engine. I hope you enjoy.

 

http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/boeing-b-17-modificadas.html

 

Cheers.

 

Anthony

 

 

[SDQDI]

Wow that is an awesome looking mod :-) it looks pretty mean with that big prop in the middle

 

 

[rgmwa]

Interesting history of the T35 engine: http://www.enginehistory.org/GasTurbines/Wright/T35/WrightT35.shtml

 

rgmwa