The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Consolidated B-24 were the United States' two standard heavy bombers until the arrival of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in 1944. The B-17 served in almost every theater of World War II, but it used mostly by the US Eighth Air Force, based in the UK, to bombard German targets.
8) Ainât No Mountain High â Did you know there are twenty mountain themed Disney attractions? Expedition Everest is the tallest of them all standing at a massive 199 feet tall. However, this is not the tallest mountain in the state of Florida. Britton Hill is almost double the height of Expedition Everest.
The vertical drop for a Super-G course must be between 350â650 m (1,150â2,130 ft) for men, 350â600 m (1,150â1,970 ft) for women, and 250â450 m (820â1,480 ft) for children. In the Olympic Winter Games, FIS World Ski Championships, and FIS World Cups, minimums are raised to 400 m (1,300 ft) for both men and women.