Don't know if you have seen the news in the past hour or so....but there is helicopter footage of the Collins (spelling?) Foundation B-17 flat on it's belly in the middle of the runway at Van Nuy Airport (in the LA area).
Apparently this was as a result of the undercart collapsing while landing. All four props look bent and one can assume that all four engines are damaged as well from the shock...not to mention the damage to the underside....The damage looks like it would be repairable, but I hesitate to guess how much it will cost or how long it will take....but I'm pretty sure you can forget about the aircraft being at Chino's airshow on the 15th and 16th.
The looks of it was that it was not going too fast at the time of the colapse as there is not much of a skid mark.
This is the same aircraft that was flying around out of Orange County for a week or so (along with their B-24)... it was at Long Beach last weekend (saw it flying over the Queen Mary while at the SMA's Ship Modeler's Exposition) and it apparently moved to Van Nuys this week...as you know, they tour the country raising funds by selling rides.
Nat