by Chris Henry | Mar 20, 2021 | History, Honoring The Past, TBM Avenger, warbird, Warbirds
Buying a TBM Avenger is always a special event, but it was even more so for the Stoltzfus family when they purchased one from the Soplata collection. Link To...
by Hal Bryan | Mar 20, 2021 | Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, History, Honoring The Past, museum, Paul Allen, warbird, Warbirds
As we joined so many last week in mourning the late Paul Allen, EAA 820282, here’s a closer look at just one of the many things for which he’ll be justly remembered, the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum. A version of this story was published in the March...
by Connor Madison | Mar 20, 2021 | Twin Mustang, warbird, Warbirds, XP-82
EAA Staff Photographer Connor Madison takes us through his thought process during his photo shoot of a Twin Mustang. Link To...
by Connor Madison | Mar 20, 2021 | B-25, Berlin Express, warbird, Warbirds
Painting a WWII bomber, especially in Wisconsin, can certainly be a challenge. Link To Site
by Jim Busha | Mar 20, 2021 | History, Honoring The Past, Twin Mustang, warbird, Warbirds, XP-82
Of the first two XP-82 Twin Mustangs built by North American Aviation in 1945, only one survived the scrapper’s torch. The first airplane accumulated less than 300 hours at PAX River before being scrapped in 1955. XP-82 44-83887 — although beat up, bent, and battered...
by Jim Busha | Mar 20, 2021 | BT-13, Honoring The Past, warbird, Warbirds
Jim Irwin’s desk is home to an old glass Jif peanut butter jar full of rusted nuts, bolts, and washers that serve as meaningful keepsakes from his baptism in aviation back in the 1950s. Link To...
