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Restoration Begins: Project Warbird Breathes New Life into Consolidated LB.30 Liberator II AL557

Vintage Aviation News

With support from historian Gerad Blume and fabricator Ray Moore of Hangar Thirteen , the multi-phase recovery and restoration of AL557 is now well underway. This section was the roughest part of the aircraft, as the large cargo door here made it structurally weak. It wasnt just a cargo plane, which is a common misconception.

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B-17E Desert Rat Restoration Update – Spring 2025

Vintage Aviation News

Tail Wheel and Structural Components At the rear of the aircraft, progress has been made on the metal tail wheel well and surrounding structure. On the subject of landing gear, the team is expecting the return of the refurbished tail wheel assembly and main gear oleo struts in the coming months.

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Beta Completes Historic Passenger-Carrying Flight at JFK Airport

Flying Magazine

Beta Technologies Alia, tail number N916LF, taxis on the runway at Modern Aviations JFK FBO terminal. Also known as the CX300, it is designed for a pilot to fly as many as five passengers or 1,250 pounds of cargo and can be configured for either. It’s just another step toward certification. I could teach you to fly in 10 minutes.

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MiG Killer F/A-18 Hornet Lands on USS Hornet

Vintage Aviation News

Among the squadron’s aircraft was F/A-18C 163502, VFA-81 squadron tail code AA-410, which was flown by Lieutenant Nick “Mongo” Mongillo at the controls. On January 17, 1991, VFA-81 participated in the first daytime airstrike of Operation Desert Storm.

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Voices from Combat: The Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Becomes a Bomber

Vintage Aviation News

A short 18 months later, on August 13, 1937, the XPB2Y-1 took to the skies for the first time, revealing plenty of room for improvement lateral instability was a major problem for the deep-hulled boat, so the single tail fin was augmented by two smaller fins on the horizontal stabilizers. “Very little,” the gunner reported.

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Douglas DC-3 Returns to Exposition Park

Vintage Aviation News

Far from the passenger terminals on the north side of the airport, the aircraft has nonetheless often looked small in comparison to the cargo-carrying Boeing 747s parked within a few hundred feet of the aircraft. TWA DC-3 NC1944 departs Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, OH, June 30, 1941.

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Awesome at 80: Europe’s last Catalina flying boat remains air show favorite 

Aerotime

In the main, the type carried on its role of maritime patrol, characterized by long, monotonous sorties without sighting land or enemy, although others were used as patrol bombers (primarily to destroy enemy submarines), reconnaissance and surveillance, coast guard duties, general cargo transport, and troop relocation missions.

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