"Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
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I know that very few B-17s were in good enough shape to be used
for personal transportation. (Col. Robert McCormick of the Chicago
Tribune had one of the few.)
http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/other/wacky.html
A few were used by the Coast Guard for dropping life rafts,
but after WW II there were very few B-17s in use.


The USAF operated the B-17 until 1960.