Today we bring you a photo from 1978-79 showing the Confederate Air Force's B-17, named 'Texas Raiders', performing the iconic one wheel touch and go that was inspired by a scene from the flick 'TORA! TORA! TORA!' in which a Fort crash-landed on one wheel. Beginning in the early 1970s, this touch and go was performed by 'Texas Raiders' at countless airshows for about ten years, until it was determined that repeated performance of the maneuver put too much stress on the airframe.
Enjoy... oh, and there's a Jap on your tail... juice your engines and get outta here!
Project 914 Archives (S.Donacik collection)
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