Randy Ball will doing a flight demo at upcoming Valiant Air Command Airshow in April.

B-17 “The Movie Memphis Belle” and special guest comes to the Space Coast Warbird Airshow. Titusville, FL March 26, 2018 The B-17 “The Movie Memphis Belle” will be departing Warbird Adventures at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport on Thursday April 5th at 8:00 a.m. headed to the Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, FL. There it will participate in the Space Coast Warbird Airshow to be held April 6-8. The airshow is being hosted by the Valiant Air Command Museum.

On our flight from Kissimmee to Titusville we will have a special guest, Maj. Joseph H Reus. During WWII then 2nd Lieutenant Reus served as a bombardier for the 445th Bomb Group, 703rd Bomb Squad, flying B-24 “Liberators” out of Tibenham, England. He was shot down not once, but twice, less than two months apart and spent almost 1 ½ years as a German POW in Stalag Luft 1.

The National Warplane Museum will be offering rides in The Movie Memphis Belle under its Living History Flight Experience Program starting at $450 per person. The rider will experience the thrill of flight, the way it was in the old days of churning propellers and roaring radial engines that dominated the skies over Europe and the Pacific during WWII. Nine lucky individuals will share this remarkable experience at a time. Tours will be available as well while we are at the show. You can book your flight at the Titusville airshow here: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/nationalwarplanemuseum/items/82545/calendar/2018/04/?flow=34313

The Movie Memphis Belle was lovingly restored by the Tallichet family to resemble the original Memphis Belle, and had the title role in the 1990 movie “Memphis Belle” starring Matthew Modine and Harry Connick Jr. It has delighted crowds at airshows and reunion events since the late 1970’s.

Four 1200 HP Wright Cyclone engines power the heavy bomber, which was beloved by its crew for being able to bring them home safely even after having suffered severe battle damage.

The “Belle” and her crew will also be at the following Airshows: Sun ‘n Fun Fly-in in Lakeland, FL from April 10-15, 2018 Vero Beach Airshow April 21-22, 2018

You can also book a flight with us at the Vero Beach as well! For more information check us out on Facebook or the Web at: NationalWarplaneMuseum.com or WarbirdAdventures.com You can also give us a call at: (407) 870-7366.

For Immediate Release
Contact: Thom Richard
Warbird Adventures
Phone (407) 870-7366
fly@warbirdadventures.com
233 S. Hoagland Blvd.
Kissimmee, FL 34741 Warbird Adventures

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On 7 April, there will an Aviation Day at Page Field in Fort Myers, FL. Details are here: http://www.flylcpa.com/AviationDay/

There will be two featured aircraft at this year’s event – a Douglas C-54E and a FG-1D Corsair. The a Douglas C-54E “Spirit of Freedom” is a four-engine military transport aircraft used during World War II, the Korean War and the Berlin Airlift. This year commemorates the 70th anniversary of the historical 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift. Aviation Day visitors will step back in time as they view a flying museum and memorial housed in the interior of this original aircraft. The FG-1D Corsair “530” is a distinctively designed fighter plane that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. The Corsair became the most capable carrier-based fighter bomber of World War II.

Coming to Sun N Fun 18, is Jerry Conley and his DH115 Vampire.

Development of the aircraft began during the Second World War in 1943 as an aircraft suitable for combat that harnessed the new innovation of jet propulsion; it was quickly decided to opt for a single-engine, twin-boom aircraft equipped with the Halford H.1 turbojet engine, which was later known as the de Havilland Goblin. Originally ordered as an experimental aircraft only, the decision to mass-produce the aircraft as an interceptor for the Royal Air Force (RAF) was finalized in May 1944.

In 1946, the first production aircraft entered service with the RAF, months after the conflict had come to a close. The Vampire was the second jet fighter, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF, and it was the service’s first to be powered by a single jet engine. The Vampire was quickly used to replace many wartime piston-engine fighter aircraft. The RAF operated it as a front-line fighter until 1953. About 3,300 Vampires were manufactured.

More details about this aircraft can be found on his site: http://vampireairshows.simdif.com/index.html

Sun N Fun posted amazing news that the Lewis Air Legends will be attending the show.

Today’s #WarbirdWednesday is going to thrill you die-hard warbird fans! Not only will we have multiple B-25s as we normally do, but scheduled to appear are the rare A-20 Havoc and P-38 Lightning of Lewis Air Legends! That’s right, the famous “Glacier Girl” will be gracing the warbird ramp at #SNF18 along with two of her most famous sister ships. Have you ever seen the P-38 or A-20 up close and personal?