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President Eisenhowers Lockheed VC 121 Constellation Columbine II 1

Columbine II Restoration – Fall 22/23 Update

January 9, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

It has been some time since our last status update on former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Lockheed VC-121 Constellation, Columbine II. The ex-US Air Force executive transport has been undergoing restoration at Dynamic Aviation following its arrival […]

Columbine II Restoration – February 2021 Update

February 22, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

Following the profound shock and sadness we all felt in learning of Karl Stoltzfus untimely passing last November, there was an understandable concern over what his death might mean to the continuation of various historical […]

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Columbine II – Restoration Progress Report – August, 2020

September 11, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

It has been a couple of months since our last update on Columbine II, the Lockheed VC-121A Constellation which President Dwight D. Eisenhower used during the early years of his first term of office. This […]

Columbine II – Restoration Update June 2020

June 29, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

By Richard Mallory Allnutt (editor) Echoing loudly across the expansive, high-bay hangar, one can hear the staccato clatter of rivet guns and high-pitched squeal of air-powered drills tearing into sheet aluminum. There is a whole […]

Dynamic Aviation Is Both Supporting and Participating with the D-Day Squadron

May 29, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

Dynamic Aviation of Bridgeport, Virginia has a long-established and impeccable pedigree within the aviation industry, along with a diverse portfolio of interests. They have also played a significant role in supporting the preservation and promotion […]

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Columbine II Arrives at Her New Home!!!

March 24, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 15

Following an epic, year-long maintenance effort in Marana, Arizona, Dynamic Aviation has successfully flown their Lockheed VC-121A Constellation Columbine II to her new home, in bucolic Bridgewater, Virginia. President Eisenhower’s former transport, and the first to […]