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...
Nov 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
From all of us here at EAA Warbirds of America, we wish you a safe and happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for everyone’s support! P.S. Just a reminder that the Warbirds office will be closed November 28. We will return on Monday, December...
Nov 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
When you shop Black Friday deals at smile.amazon.com/ch/39-1411316, AmazonSmile donates to EAA Warbirds of America...
Nov 25, 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. JOIN US AT WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MONUMENT IN KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC. The First Flight Society...
Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Unless you are a frequent visitor to the DeLand Municipal Airport in DeLand, Florida, you might never know there is a naval air museum located there. If you fly in it is easy to miss, but if you drive to the airport you might be lucky enough to stumble upon it. Click...
Nov 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
From the EAA Vault: Take a look at a compilation of footage stored in EAA’s vault of one of the best aviation pilots in aviation haisory, Bob Hoover. You will need your EAA Member Number to view this video. Click Here to watch the Bob Hoover Scrap...
Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, we honored World War II triple ace Col. Bud Anderson with a large gathering of North American P-51 Mustangs, the airplane Bud famously flew. Learn more about a few of the notable Mustangs that attended #OSH19, including P-51D Frances...
Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
To walk in the shoes of 101-year-old WWII veteran Bill Patten is to walk in the footsteps of history and history has come calling — all for his decision that took flight some 78 years ago. “But the desire to fly, I didn’t have until the war came,” said Patten....
Nov 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Keeping the Memory Alive, WW2 B-17 Radio Operator Remembers, Aluminum Overcast, Sentimental Journey...
Oct 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
The EAA and Warbirds communities were saddened this week by the death of former Warbirds of America President Michael Schloss in an aircraft accident in Colonia, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Michael was a highly regarded cardiologist who had been involved in EAA and...
