B-17 Flying Fortress the "Sally B" - By Steve J Huggett
These images were taken at the Bigginhill Festival of Flight Airshow in 2017. It's amazing to think this is the only one left flying in Europe and is now some 70 years old.
The smoke coming out of her engines, is a salute to those wartime pilots that were lost during WWII.
Hopefully I shall get to see more of her flying this year :)
To read more on her history click here http://www.sallyb.org.uk/index.htm
What I use
Nikon D7200.
Sigma 18-300m
Software Adobe Lightroom.
Taken by Steve J Huggett.
Location
Biggin Hill UK
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Beautiful pictures! I checked on wiki the story of this plane. It looks that it didn't made it to WW2, still a piece of history:
Built at Vega Burbank as B-17G. Placed in storage after delivery. Sent to Wright Field in 1948. Leased to General Electric in 1950. Sold in 1954 to Institut géographique national, and used until 1975 as survey plane. Purchased in 1975 by Ted White, restored to WW2 configuration and named "Sally B" after his partner, Elly Sallingboe.
Thanks @steemmilionaire Yep, your right it missed the war. The people that keep this flying do an amazing job considering how old it is. :)
amazing shots - thanks for sharing
Thanks @aabbcc :)
It's amazing to think and fly,
photography was excellent,
thanks for share great post
Your welcome @didarulselim :)
amazing shots excellent timing
Thanks @yassmina :)
Impressive machines!
And nice shots @stevejhugget! ;)
Thanks @peachfizzle Yeah it is an impressive plane for sure. :)
I wonder why all of us are posting pictures of military hardware?
I have no idea @scribbeings It's raining here, so no going out with the camera, so its editing images from last year :)
Planes like that look incredible! Nice job getting those mid-flight shots too.
Cheers @snrm Its is quite a machine :)
Well caught!
Thank you @anamuaremere :)
Very different shots.. sky is very excellent
Thanks @banum :)
Great shots! Following.
I do a lot of aviation photography as well, feel free to follow me. :)
Thanks @hornetnz Yep, following you back. You've taken great shots too :)
Thank you!