Vintage Flying Museum

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. […]

By Gary Daniels Every decades-old, flying warbird has an incredible story to tell prompting one to ask, “How is it even in airworthy condition 60, 70, 80 years after it rolled off the production line?” […]

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 […]