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.
Lying frozen in time, over 200 climbers are still out on Everest. Mt. Everest is over 60 million years old. It is the highest point from sea level and stands at about 29,035 ft. high. Wind blows over 200 mph and the temperature can reach below -80f. This being said, you can try and understand the strength and perseverance it takes to get to the top of this mountain.