With members in every state and 28 foreign countries, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) aims to restore and preserve combat aircraft. There are approximately 13,000 members in the CAF, as well as a ...
Volunteers at the Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum are nearing completion of a major F-8 Crusader restoration after more than ...
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Restoring a museum aircraft

A long-forgotten museum aircraft is carefully assessed to see if restoration to airworthy condition is possible. Could a ...
A historic photo of a World War Two Bristol Bolingbroke bomber plane, taken from the personal archive of Sheffield pilot Ernest Lewis Ellis, who died in 1945. A World War Two aircraft has been donated ...
A McDonnell F-4S Phantom II in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.Talia Lakritz/Business Insider When a ...
HORSHAM — Together Drew Mansueto and his team of restoration volunteers clock thousands of labor hours constructing, shaping, assembling, welding, sanding, priming and painting aircraft. Mansueto, of ...
LAS VEGAS—A project to restore the first customer-delivered Learjet, the Lear Jet 23-003 business jet, to flying condition is progressing. It’s an important project, organizers note. The Lear Jet 23, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Air and Space Museum's second location in Virginia features a restoration hangar. Visitors can watch as workers ...
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. When a one-of-a-kind aircraft from World War II needs work done, not just any body shop will do. At ...