Doc the B-29 Superfortress returned to flight on July 17, 2016, after 350,000 volunteer hours and 16 years of restoration work in Wichita, Kansas.
TaildraggerSpitfire MH434 is one of the last airworthy WWII fighters with a complete, unbroken combat record, still flying from Duxford under the Old Flying Machine Company.
TaildraggerFlak Bait, a WWII B-26 Marauder with 207 combat missions and over 1,000 patched holes, is being carefully restored by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
TaildraggerThe Swamp Ghost B-17F Flying Fortress ditched in a Papua New Guinea swamp in 1942 and was recovered 64 years later, remarkably intact, preserved by the swamp's unusual chemistry.
TaildraggerThe B-17E known as the Swamp Ghost crashed in a Papua New Guinea swamp in 1942 and was recovered 64 years later, nearly intact, due to rare bog preservation conditions.
TaildraggerHow 300,000 volunteer hours over 13 years brought B-29 Doc back to the sky over Wichita in 2016 - one of only two flying Superfortresses left on Earth.
TaildraggerThe Shuttleworth Collection's DH.88 Comet 'Grosvenor House,' the world's only airworthy original, nosed over landing at Old Warden - pilot unhurt.
TowerHow Flak-Bait, a B-26 Marauder, flew a record 207 combat missions in WWII and survives today at the Smithsonian.
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