Dec 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Bill Harrison, EAA Lifetime 16556 and Warbirds 261, went west on Monday, June 24, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bill was a longtime member of EAA and Warbirds of America who had an indelible impact on the warbirds community over decades of involvement with the organization....
Dec 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
EAA’s The Green Dot — CAF Tora! Wing Pilot Taylor...
Dec 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Beginning in January 2020, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will provide an option to visit during the evening on the first Thursday of each month. During these select evenings from 5-8 p.m., the museum will also offer the public an opportunity to get an...
Dec 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
On December 17, 2019, the First Flight Society honors a 99 -year-old WWII Veteran, the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift and the 116th anniversary of Powered Flight. “OPERATION VITTLES” (Berlin Airlift) — Berlin youngsters who live near the...
Dec 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Every pilot at one time or another has had to deal with a crosswind takeoff or landing. Take a look at these aviator tips from pilot Steve...
Dec 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
A member of the Tuskegee Airmen celebrated his 100th birthday by taking a flight last Saturday. Retired Army Air Forces Col. Charles McGee flew a private jet Friday between Frederick, Maryland, and Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, news outlets reported. The Tuskegee...
Dec 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
This week the structures have progressed nicely and the engine snags have been listed for completing. Kev and Keith in structures have made the panels for the trailing edge and started on all of the skins for the wing tips. There’s lots of work in these when you count...
Dec 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
EAA Warbirds of America asks you to take a moment to reflect upon the sacrifices given by so many in Hawaii, 78 years ago today. Some gave the ultimate sacrifice. We will never...
Dec 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 2015 we had the incredible opportunity to take the airplane to the Kaneohe bay air show in Pearl Harbor. This required us flying it to March Air Force base in California. There we removed one wing and the elevators in order to fit it into a C5 galaxy. The Air Force...
Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
3 December 1945: The first landing and takeoff aboard an aircraft carrier by a jet-powered aircraft were made by Lieutenant-Commander Eric Melrose Brown, M.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.V.R., Chief Naval Test Pilot at RAE Farnborough, while flying a de Havilland DH.100 Sea...
