The Bristol Type 170 Freighter - pioneer of cross-Channel car ferry aviation - has reached a landmark restoration milestone at Aerospace Bristol's historic Filton site.
TowerThe Memphis Belle - the first B-17 crew to complete 25 combat missions over occupied Europe - is now fully restored and on permanent display in Dayton, Ohio.
TaildraggerThe complete story of Glacier Girl - the P-38 Lightning buried 268 feet under the Greenland ice cap in 1942 and restored to flight in 2002.
TaildraggerThe Memphis Belle flew 25 combat missions over Europe in 1943, then sat neglected outdoors for decades before a 25,000-hour volunteer restoration returned her to glory.
TaildraggerThe Boeing 307 Stratoliner was the first pressurized airliner - and its lone survivor sank in Elliott Bay in 2002 before being rebuilt again.
TaildraggerHow Flak-Bait, a B-26 Marauder, flew 207 combat missions in WWII and is now being conserved piece by piece at the Smithsonian.
TaildraggerHow the B-26 Marauder Flak-Bait flew ~207 combat missions without losing a crewman - and why the Smithsonian is conserving her rivet by rivet.
TaildraggerHow the B-17 Memphis Belle survived 25 combat missions in 1943, nearly rotted on a scrap heap, and was saved by a 13-year restoration.
TaildraggerHow a B-29 named Doc went from a Mojave bombing target to one of only two airworthy Superfortresses, restored by the town that built her.
TaildraggerThe Enola Gay's 20-year, 300,000-hour Smithsonian restoration saved the B-29 amid a bitter national fight over how to display her.
TaildraggerHow the B-17 Memphis Belle beat the odds to finish 25 missions in 1943 and survived a 13-year restoration to stand in Dayton today.
TaildraggerThe story of the Memphis Belle, the B-17 that flew 25 missions over Europe and survived a 13-year restoration to reach the museum floor.
TaildraggerThe Memphis Belle survived 25 WWII missions, then a 13-year restoration returned the famous B-17 to display at the Air Force Museum in Dayton.
TaildraggerThe Beechcraft Staggerwing's backward-staggered wings gave it speed and visibility - and today's restorers keep the vintage biplane gleaming at Oshkosh.
TaildraggerHow the Vought F4U Corsair's bent inverted gull wing solved an engineering problem and earned it the fearsome name Whistling Death.
TaildraggerThe Memphis Belle B-17 survived 25 combat missions over Europe, then 40 years of outdoor neglect, before a 12-year restoration returned her to museum condition in 2018.
TaildraggerThe Kee Bird B-29 survived 48 years on a frozen Greenland lake only to burn during its rescue attempt moments before takeoff.
TaildraggerThe story of Whiskey Seven, a D-Day C-47 restored by volunteers and flown back to Normandy 70 and 75 years later.
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