Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics.

What's powering that silver B17? Not the normal radials and they don't appear to have exhausts on the side closest to us which should rule out a V configuration.

Could it be a photoshop job?

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

Could it be a photoshop job?

More like a prototype, i think.
Edit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing...lying_Fortress

The XB-38 Flying Fortress was a single example conversion of a production B-17E Flying Fortress, testing whether the Allison V-1710 V type engine could be substituted for the standard Wright R-1820 radial engine during early World War II.

Originally Posted by korg20000bc

This camoflaged (<-sp??) one is "909"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-O-Nine

Whoa! That last one got big! Sorry - don't know how to make it smaller.

Here's a smaller one: