Update on the Site

2 CommentsB-17 News, B-25 News, General

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 tragic loss of life of both crew and passengers. Since that time, all B-17 touring has been effectively stopped. Between the COVID-19 pandemic and FAA scrutiny on the Living History…

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EAA B-25H Flies after restoration

1 CommentB-25 News

[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 20) after a four-year effort to return the airplane to the skies. This B-25 has been on static display at the EAA Museum for several decades but a decision was…

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Reevers B-25 Coming Up For Sale?

B-25 News

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 of Britain in 1969. It has had a checkered history through the years and went to the Reevers group in Australia in 2015 after it had sat at an airport…

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B-25 “El Jarocho” NL75831

B-25 News

[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 B-25 built by North American at its Inglewood plant, this being B-25-NA 40-2168. It was delivered to the Army Air Corps on February 25, 1941, and assigned to the 17th…

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