Vega B17F by Richardphotos

Photography • Military • posted on Jan 08, 2017

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Vega B17F assembly line Burbank,CA. WWII Army Museum at Kingman,Arizona Airport so many old military aircraft was taken to Kingman,Arizona Airport to be salvaged. to this day commercial jet liners are taken there to meet their fate

Comments (33)

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longprong

7:08AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

really interesting historical photo

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sossy

7:16AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Wow stunning and interesting capture of the old ladies 😃

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farmerC

8:38AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Exellent.

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eekdog Online Now!

9:14AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Cool salvage yard. Looks like a old photo.

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Kratoonz

9:26AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Interesting photo

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Maxidyne

9:36AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Excellent post Richard. I'd love to visit the Aircraft graveyard.

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VEDES

10:06AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Very interesting shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fav!!!

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ZigZag321

11:00AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Great stuff, Richard! The industrial mobilization during WWII is absolutely staggering to contemplate. Also? I've seen a documentary about the salvage yard of which you spoke. So many aircraft carcasses sitting in the sun.

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bugsnouveau

11:08AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Fasinating

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Star4mation

11:12AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Great shot Richard :)

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Faemike55

11:13AM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Wonderful photo - cool information

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Radar_rad-dude

12:09PM | Sun, 08 January 2017

A magnificent old photo, Richard! Thanks for sharing! Most interesting history!

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Navi

12:12PM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Very interesting, when you think about it, this is incredible the amount of planes and ships that were made, during WWII, and Cold war, compared to today.

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ontar1

12:28PM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Fantastic!

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claude19

12:34PM | Sun, 08 January 2017

exceptional shot ! wonderful airplane !!!

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MagikUnicorn

12:40PM | Sun, 08 January 2017

LOVE IT GREAT POV

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FurNose

12:44PM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Wow! What a sight!

I wonder how many hours it took to build and assemble such a Fortress and how many of them where just taken down in just a few minutes - taking their crew with them..!

Sometimes i fire up the good old Microsoft Flightsimulator X and choose the B17G from A2A Simulations for a short flight. I've never seen a Simulation of the B17 so real like this.

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T.Rex

1:28PM | Sun, 08 January 2017

Fantastic photo. Really illustrates mass production on a conveyor belt system. As for FurNose - I don't know how much time went into a B17, but a Liberty Ship took 21 days. Back then, the US was the armory for victory. Jap commander Yamamoto had studied in the US when young and told the Tojo regime Japan could never out-produce Japan. Nobody listened. The rest is history. Thanks for posting. Gives me a sense of pride. :-)

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