Aviation Museum News
Memphis Belle Celebrates Two Anniversaries this Weekend
The National Museum of the United States Air Force reports one of history’s most famous aircraft will celebrate two anniversaries this weekend.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Aviation Museum News
Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress Arrives at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor
One of the most talked about artifacts of American aviation history, the Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress #41-2446 “Swamp Ghost”, arrived at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor recently. The plane, force landed in 1942 in […]
Airshow News
Tora! Tora! Tora! Aerial Re-enactment Scheduled for EAA AirVenture 2013
EAA AirVenture 2013 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will commemorate the heroism and history involved in the attack that brought the United States fully into World War II when the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) “Tora! Tora! Tora!” […]
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Collings Foundation B-17 Bomber Crew Training Camp
Hot on the heels of announcing their Messerschmitt Me 262 Flight Training Program, The Collings Foundation has again leveraged their unique position of maintaining one of America’s largest collections of airworthy warbirds to offer yet […]
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Wildwood Aviation Museum Hosts Restored B-17
Following a nine-year restoration effort by the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan, the Yankee Lady will pay a visit to New Jersey’s Cape May Naval Air Station from June 10-12. The B-17 has been […]
Warbirds News
Today’s Pictures of the B-17 ‘Memphis Belle’ visting Peachtree Dekalb Airport
In a very cold, windy and snowy day ( what snow in Atlanta!?) I took few shoots of the B-17 replica of the ‘Memphis Belle’ maintained by the Liberty Foundation. This is the history of […]
Warbirds News
B-17 “Flying Fortress” ‘Memphis Belle’ at DeKalb Peachtree Airport
This weekend the B-17 “Flying Fortress” replica of the famous World War II icon, ‘Memphis Belle’ will be offering rides at DeKalb Peachtree Airport. The Boeing B-17 is by far the most famous bomber of World […]
Working In The Tail Section Of a B-17F Bomber
Today’s picture is another 4×5 Kodachrome transparency taken by Alfred Palmer in October 1942. Workers installing fixtures and assemblies in the tail section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long […]
YB 17 Flying Fortress Machine Gun Testing
May 1942, Langley Field, Virginia, YB-17 bombardment squadron. Testing of the machine guns on the YB 17 Flying Fortress at the Army’s testing facility in Langley, Virginia. Founded in 1916, Langley Field was the […]
Aviation Museum News
US Freedom Pavilion Boeing Center Opens to the Public
The National WWII Museum’s stunning modernistic glass and steel “US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center” opened to the public on January 13th to capacity crowds eager to see the new $35 million home of the […]