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The B 25 Champaign Gal. Credit Champaign Aviation Museum

New Engine Arrives For Champaign Gal

January 7, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Noah Stegman Rechtin The Champaign Aviation Museum announced on Facebook recently that it has received a new engine for its B-25J, Champaign Gal, serial number 44-28866. Once the Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone is installed […]

B-17G Champaign Lady – Restoration Update – Summer 2023

August 21, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Scott Thompson of Aero Vintage The restoration of B-17G 44-85813, otherwise known as Champaign Lady, continues to make solid progress at Urbana, Ohio. The decades-long effort by the Champaign Air Museum is now concentrated […]

B-17G Champaign Lady – Restoration Update – February, 2022

February 23, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

B-17G Champaign Lady Update: February 18, 2022 by Scott A. Thompson of Aero Vintage One of the most impressive B-17 restoration efforts presently underway is taking place within the Champaign Aviation Museum’s hangar at Grimes Field […]

B-17 “Champaign Lady” Restoration- Video Update

October 13, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 3

An Alaska TV station has been following the progress of the B-17 “Champaign Lady” restoration. It started with a report on our recovery of a B-17 in the Alaska wilderness two years ago. This summer […]

Restoration Update – Boeing B-17G “Champaign Lady”

April 7, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

WarbirdsNews has received the latest installment from the restoration team working to return “Champaign Lady” back to flying condition. The Boeing Flying Fortress, based around the remains of B-17G serial 44-85813, is coming together in leaps and bounds now, […]

B-17 Champaign Lady Taking Shape in Ohio

July 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

The Champaign Aviation Museum of Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio’s restoration to flying condition of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress they’ve christened “Champaign Lady” has been an ongoing restoration project that began in 2005 when […]

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New Engine Arrives For Champaign Gal

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B-17G Champaign Lady – Restoration Update – February, 2022

B-17 “Champaign Lady” Restoration- Video Update

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B-17 Champaign Lady Taking Shape in Ohio

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