The following are two images of the B-17G being re-built in Kissimmee, Florida, USA.  This aircraft was used, post World War II, as a turboprop engine test-bed.  The turboprop engine was installed in the nose, and by itself could pull the airplane faster than a normal B-17 could fly on four engines.

The plane was recently pulled out of the hangar.  Yes, to the question no one has asked yet, that is a Mig-21 in the background.

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This looks nice Felix. Is this at Tom Reilly's place? On my last visit I was astounded to see brand new B-17 fuselage sections stored all over the hangar. Some were hanging in the rafters. I reckon there were enough parts there to build several examples from scratch.

On a side note I was fortunate to see the Tyne Lincoln displayed at Farnborough many years ago. This was an Avro Lincoln with a Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop stuck on the front of the fuselage. It was used as a test bed in much the same way as that B-17. They displayed it with just the Tyne & the performance was outstanding. This was very impressive & a good demonstration of the things to come.

I hear that "Aluminium Overcast" has suffered a landing accident recently so the number of airworthy B-17s continues to decline slowly. It's nice to see another one that looks like it may fly again one day.

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The Mitchell is "Killer B" and is probably down here for maintenance.  It is a flyable example.  The A-26 is waiting for an infusion of $$$, but it, as well, can be made flyable.