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I received an update and recent photos of the restoration of B-25C 41-13251 (N3968C) from Air Classic’s Michael O’Leary. The work is being done by
One of the most impressive B-17 restoration efforts is that being performed by the Champaign Aviation Museum at Urbana, Ohio. This effort is in the
The B-17 had a long and distinguished utilization as an air tanker in the annual battle against forest and range fires fought in the U.S.
The B-17G owned and operated by the Mid America Flight Museum, 44-85718 (N900RW), better known as Thunderbird, remains under heavy maintenance at the Erickson Aircraft
Way back in July 2015, I posted an image on my Aero Vintage B-17 News page sent in to me by noted author Steve Birdsall
Last week I posted an nice photo of the Tallmantz B-25N camera ship, that being N1042B. In the text that I wrote to accompany that
The sudden end of World War II in August 1945 brought a tremendous upheaval to the American airplane manufacturers. Adjustments to contracts had already occurred
The Experimental Aircraft Association’s B-17G, Aluminum Overcast (44-85740, N5017N), has been grounded at Punta Gorda, Florida, since April 2021 after a wing-attach issue was found.
I came across a photo of B-25N 44-30823 (N1042B) the other day that I found particularly interesting, and will probably only be interesting to the
A movie that has been flying a bit below the radar surfaced in mid-January 22, 2022, with the announcement by Grindstone Entertainment Group that it
This is a bit of an old subject here at Aero Vintage Books, but I thought it worth revisiting. The first B-17Es rolled from the
The effort to rebuild B-17G 44-85734, better known as Liberty Belle, is moving forward at full speed ahead. While most of the effort is being
B-17G Shoo Shoo Baby on the move to the National Air and Space Museum Posted news regarding B-17G Shoo Shoo Baby today on the NMUSAF
B-17G N3703G “The Movie Memphis Belle” Moves to Palm Springs As widely reported elsewhere but nonetheless reported here, B-17G 44-83546 (N3703G), also known as the
Surviving B-17s DVD: “Miss Angela”–A Fire Bomber’s Life I think it worth passing along the availability of a new DVD from Aviation Archeology that has,
I just added the individual aircraft histories of the six P-40s that were associated with Paul Mantz, Frank Tallman, and/or Tallmantz Aviation though the years.
This is not new news, but needs to be mentioned….as released by the Lone Star Flight Museum on December 21: The Lone Star Flight Museum
Review: The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Foreign Service Jan Forsgren’s The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in Foreign Service fills a void in B-17 literature. As the
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Obviously…I have not updated these posts in some time…and in that time much has changed. The B-17G known as 909 crashed in October 2019 with the
Liberty Foundation Back on Tour Seen today, July 18, at Twin Falls, ID, was B-17G N3701G (44-8543) which is back in the air and back
[siteorigin_widget class=”shuttle_builder_imagetheme”][/siteorigin_widget] EAA Facebook page reports and shows video of B-25H 43-4432 (N10V) , as Berlin Express, making its first post-restoration flight today (Saturday, April
[siteorigin_widget class=”shuttle_builder_imagetheme”][/siteorigin_widget] Greg Strathatos and B-17 Archaeology spent a week this month doing a beautiful polish of B-17G 44-85778 (N3509G) at the Palm Springs Air
TB-25K 44-31508 (ex-N6578D) is going to be put up for sale, according to a Reevers Facebook posting. This is the B-25 used to film Battle
[siteorigin_widget class=”shuttle_builder_imagetheme”][/siteorigin_widget] Going through some photos I came across this one of an early civil B-25 and early production B-25. This is actually the third
James Church, he of the great Warbirds Digest magazine, recently sent me some photos taken in January 2019 of the restoration effort underway at Marengo,
Welcome to the new Aero Vintage blog. This is an attempt to streamline the process that I, the webmaster, has used to post relevant photos
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