American Aero Services hosted an Open Hangar Day to showcase the work that they do. Part of this work is the winter maintenance of the Collings Foundation’s Bomber Fleet.
Here is a collection of pictures of the bombers. Next will be fighters to include the P-51A, F6F Hellcat and the FW 190.
DABspotting posted this video on YouTube on Friday of the engine start up of the Collings Foundation’s B-17 at New Symnra Beach Airport. This B-17, as well as many others in the Collings fleet, spend part of the winter doing yearly maintenenace.
The DC-3 that is part of the Flagship Detroit Foundation is touring around Florida through April.
Scheduled Appearances:
18-20 Jan — Tampa Executive
2 March — Vero Beach
23 – 24 March — Florida International Airshow
5 – 7 April — New Smyrna Beach
If you have on your bucket list, the desire to design a paint scheme for a P-51, here is your chance.
If you have on your bucket list, the desire to design a paint scheme for a Reno Air Racer, here is your chance.
Thom is offering a chance for you to do just that. Rules are listed below.
The Florida Wing Commemorative Air Force has updated their website to include the latest newsletters. Of interest, is the following from the Fall 2012 newsletter that included the Wing’s meeting minutes:
“TBM sale – Colonel Foley is working with a private party who may be interested in purchasing the TBM. He has refrained from offering it to a broker or other Warbird collectors until he receives a firm reply from the private party. As an aside, I noted that the Heritage of Flight museum here in Washington did not have a TBM in their collection. I went ahead and made an overture to their curator but was informed that Mr. Paul Allen has repeatedly declined TBM offers in the past and was not interested in purchasing a TBM.”
Looks like they are trying to sell the TBM that they have been working on for the past couple of years.
Florida Warbirds 