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. […]
Vintage Flying Museum
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. […]
Warbird Restorations
B-26K Counter Invader ‘Special Kay’ Repair Update
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?” […]
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
Vintage Flying Museum’s Warbird Ride Day
by Gary Daniels Weather can make or break an aviation event. For the first day of Spring, Mother Nature smiled on north Texas and gave us a beautiful, blue sky day with a light […]
Aviation Museum News
DC-3 Christmas Lights Flights Are a Texas Christmas Tradition
Story and Photos by Gary Daniels The writer of the popular Christmas poem, “T’was The Night Before Christmas,” describes his awe as ‘ol St. Nick descends from the night sky and arrives “with such a […]
Aircraft Restoration
CAF A-26 Invader Squadron Update
The Commemorative Air Force’s A-26 Invader Squadron, based within the Vintage Flying Museum’s hangar at Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, has spent the winter month’s working hard on their Douglas A-26B Invader 41-29427. The Squadron […]
Press Releases
New Home for CAF’s B-29 FIFI and B-24 Diamond Lil
The Commemorative Air Force’s iconic B-29 Superfortress “FIFI” returned from her Florida tour on Monday to join the collection’s B-24 Liberator “Diamond Lil” and C-45 Expeditor “Bucket of Bolts” at the Vintage Flying Museum, in Fort Worth, […]