The Bally Bomber B-17 is a single-seat homebuilt aircraft, intended as a one-third scale replica of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
[2] The aircraft is a four-engined, retractable conventional landing gear equipped, low wing monoplane.
[4] The Bally Bomber officially debuted at the 2018 EAA AirVenture Convention held annually in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
A prior unintentional flight occurred in 2016, when an unexpected gust resulted in a takeoff during a taxi test.
[6] Larry Neu, EAA 104067, bought the Bally Bomber and returned to AirVenture in 2021 piloting the aircraft.