The B-17 is expected to arrive in Mount Pleasant sometime early coming spring.įlying Fortress N900RW was built as USAAF 44-85718 (construction number 8627) and after the war had ended was sold as surplus in December 1947. The bomber is the well-known N900RW "Thunderbird” that was formerly housed and flown by the Lone Star Flight Museum.įor many years this museum was based in Galveston but because of the frequent hurricanes the decision was made to move to Houston (TX) in 2017. But it announced on 19 December 2020 that a dream has come true: it has been able to secure a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress for its collection.
The Mount Pleasant (TX), USA based MAFM already had an interesting collection of flying historic aircraft. Mid America Flight Museum acquires B-17 “Thunderbird”
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