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| Keywords: Yucca Lady 2.jpg Yucca Lady before its restoration sitting at the edge of Yucca Flat The Yucca Lady a B-17G Flying Fortress was exposed to the blast from three atmospheric nuclear tests during Operation Tumbler Snapper in 1951 and considered nothing but junk In January 1965 when all contamination had decayed off it was offered as part of an 800-ton lot in a salvage sale In March 1965 arrangements were made for a partial restoration to fly the aircraft out of the Nevada Test Site For the next 20 years the B-17 was used to fight forest fires In 1986 she was purchased by the Collings Foundation Stowe Massachusetts who renamed it Nine-O-Nine after a famous WW II B-17 bomber Today it appears at air shows across the country Of the original 12 731 B-17 produced only about 15 can still fly Nevada Test Site Guide http //www nv energy gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_715_Rev1 pdf DOE/NV-715 Federal Government of the United States PD-USGov Yucca Flat Yucca Lady B-17 | ||||
