by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Honoring The Past, T-28, warbird, Warbirds
Although Vincent Hill, EAA 1066947, doesn’t come from an aviation background, the aviation bug has bit him hard. Even before he learned to fly, his goal was clear: he wanted to own a warbird. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | AirVenture, EAA Sport Aviation, Honoring The Past, p-51, P-51 Mustang, warbird, Warbirds
As the final production model of the Mustang, the P-51H is the highest-performing Mustang ever built, though it entered service too late to see combat during World War II. Link To...
by Chris Henry | Mar 20, 2021 | EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, Huey, Warbirds
Every time I think that I have talked to everyone who spent time with our UH-1 in Vietnam, I am surprised to find someone else. This caller surprised me with amazing information and photos which I had never seen. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | restoration, Warbirds, world war ii, wwii
Nearly two decades after beginning their restoration, Jim Chybicki and Bob Coon’s Fairchild 24/Argus III was rolled out of its hangar as a completed airplane. Link To...
by Chris Henry | Mar 20, 2021 | aircraft restoration, restoration, warbird, Warbirds, world war ii, wwii
January 20, 1944, would be the last day above the surface of Lake Michigan for one U.S. Navy dive bomber. It would take 50 years for it to see the light of day again. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | de havilland chipmunk, harvard mk IV, Honoring The Past, Warbirds
Vic Stottlemyer of Waukesha, Wisconsin, has a deep-rooted English heritage and has chosen to honor that heritage by owning and operating a de Havilland Chipmunk and Harvard Mk IV. Link To...
