File:Yucca Lady (B-17) at Yucca Flats NTS.jpg

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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.
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