Aircraft Restoration
‘Hollywood Bomber’ Conducts Engine Test; To Premier at AirVenture 2025
Details of the 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700 “Super 18” engine test and plans for 2025. […]
Beechcraft Model 18- “Twin Beech”
Vintage Aviation
Progress Continues on Hollywood Bomber Beech 18 Restoration
Significant progress was made last week on the restoration of the Hollywood Bomber Beech 18, with several critical tasks completed across different sections of the aircraft. […]
Vintage Aviation
Update on the Vintage Flying Museum’s Beechcraft E18S “Hollywood Bomber” Project
This 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700, known as Hollywood Bomber, is undergoing a return-to-flight program at the Vintage Flying Museum (VFM) in Fort Worth, Texas. The aircraft once belonged to Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran, the renowned record-setting aviatrix and founder of the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) organization. […]
Vintage Aviation
Hollywood Bomber Targets Spring 2024 For Airworthiness
By Gary Daniels Vintage Aviation News first reported on the restoration progress of the 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700 “Super 18” in January 2023. This aircraft is currently under a return-to-flight program at the Vintage Flying Museum […]
Aircraft Restoration
Restoring Jackie Cochran’s Twin Beech
Beech 18, N13JC, is currently under a return-to-flight program at the Vintage Flying Museum (VFM) of Fort Worth, Texas. The Twin Beech, a 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700, construction number BA-31, was gifted to VFM several years […]
Aviation Museum News
National Naval Aviation Museum Releases a New Book Documenting its Collection of Warbirds
In conjunction with the celebration of it’s 50th Anniversary, the National Naval Aviation Museum has released an all-new book. Entitled National Naval Aviation Museum Aircraft Collection, the book features all-new photography, and covers the museum’s […]
Airshow News
Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey 2013 Wings and Wheels Expo June 15-16
Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey’s 2013 Wings and Wheels Expo will be held Fathers Day weekend, June 15-16 at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. Intended as a family-friendly event the […]
Airshow News
CAF Airpower History Tour at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport- Atlanta 5/20-22
The Commemorative Air Force’s Airpower History Tour will be arriving at Atlanta’s Dekalb-Peachtree Airport on May 20, 2013 and will be open to the public through the 22nd. On hand will be “FIFI” the only […]
Aviation Museum News
Beechcraft Model 18 Rescued by Arnhem War Museum
Beech D18S PH-UBX has been rescued from a car dealer/junk yard where it had been serving as eye-catching signage for the enterprise for at least 40 years. Originally serving the Dutch military after World War […]
Warbird Restorations
Beechcraft 18 Repaint in Progress
Progress is being reported on the re-paint of Beechcraft 18-3TM G-BKGL being performed for owner Tim Darrah at Beechcraft specialists, Beech Restorations at Bruntingthorpe in the East Midlands, United Kingdom. The plane was built during […]