by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | BT-13, Honoring The Past, Valiant, Warbirds
The Irwin family’s BT-13 Valiant has come full circle for new caretaker Jim Irwin. Link To Site
by Jim Busha | Mar 20, 2021 | Aerobatics, Air Show, Homebuilding, Ultralights, Vintage, Warbirds, Why We Fly
The 45th annual SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In & Expo certainly lived up to its name this year with blue skies and plenty of Florida sunshine to go around. Link To...
by Sam Oleson | Mar 20, 2021 | B-17, EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, Memphis Belle, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Warbirds
Jeff Duford, a curator at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, will present about the restoration of B-17 Memphis Belle as part of the EAA Aviation Museum Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. Link To...
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...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | History, Honoring The Past, Spitfire, Warbirds
Canadian Dave Hadfield flew this beautifully restored Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX on an epic 5,000 mile flight across North America, including a weeklong stop at Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture 2018. The airplane is painted to represent one flown in 65 missions by RCAF...
