B-17 “Sentimental Journey”

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Photographer Lyle Jansma started creating 360º views of cockpits in 2005, and has documented historic aircraft in several collections, including the Heritage Flight Museum, Museum of Flight, Erickson Aircraft Collection, Evergreen Air & Space Museum, and the National Museum of the Air Force. A full set of his cockpit views is available on the ACI Cockpit360º App for iOS and Android. Keep visiting this site (airspacemag.com/cockpits) as we add to the gallery below.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a four-engine heavy bomber aircraft used by the U.S. Army Air Forces against German industrial and military targets in World War II. The B-17G could carry a crew of 10. Rolling off the Douglas assembly line in late 1944, the B-17 Sentimental Journey participated in nuclear tests in 1951 and became a staple on the airshow circuit after being restored. The view here is from the cockpit. See here for more views from different locations on the aircraft.

Source/ more information: Commemorative Air Force