Flak-Bait flew 207 combat missions in WWII - and the Smithsonian is preserving her battle damage instead of restoring her to shine.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores Doc, the B-29 Superfortress the Navy Used for Bomb Practice, and the Wichita Volunteers Who Spent Sixteen Years Bringing Her Back to the Sky.
TaildraggerThe last airworthy Bristol Blenheim was rebuilt three times over nearly 40 years, surviving two crashes to fly again at Duxford.
TaildraggerThe Boeing Stearman Model 75 trained a generation of WWII pilots - and its tailwheel lessons still make modern pilots better today.
TowerRadio Hangar explores Doc, the B-29 Superfortress That Spent Forty Years as a Bombing Target in the Mojave Before a Handful of Volunteers Brought Her Back to the Sky.
TaildraggerThe de Havilland Mosquito was a wooden WWII bomber built by furniture and piano makers that outran the Spitfire and became a legend.
TaildraggerHow Tom Reilly spent a decade rebuilding the world's only airworthy XP-82 Twin Mustang - and why its propellers spin the way they do.
TaildraggerHow a P-38 Lightning was recovered from 268 feet of Greenland ice and restored to flight 50 years after the Lost Squadron went down.
TaildraggerHow Doc, a B-29 that sat 40 years as a desert missile target, was restored to flight by Wichita volunteers over 16 years.
TaildraggerHow 'That's All, Brother,' the C-47 that led the D-Day airborne assault, was saved from a Wisconsin scrapyard and restored to flight.
TaildraggerA polished P-51 Mustang at EAA AirVenture 2026 reveals the volunteer network keeping rare warbirds flying - and the corrosion lesson every pilot can use.
TowerThe de Havilland Mosquito was a wooden WWII aircraft so fast that enemy fighters couldn't catch it, serving in nearly every combat role.
TaildraggerThe only airworthy Bristol Blenheim survived two crashes and three rebuilds over nearly 40 years to fly again at Duxford.
TaildraggerHow volunteers pulled the B-29 Doc from a desert bombing range and spent 18 years restoring her into the world's second flyable Superfortress.
TaildraggerRadio Hangar explores The Bristol Blenheim, the Only One Left Flying, and the British Light Bomber That Was Restored Three Times Because Her People Refused to Let Her Die.
TaildraggerHow the C-47 that led the D-Day airborne invasion was rescued from a turboprop conversion line and restored to fly over Normandy again.
TaildraggerHow AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota rebuilt the P-51 Mustang 'Sierra Sue Two' from corroded parts into an Oshkosh Grand Champion.
TaildraggerHow the EAA and its volunteers keep Aluminum Overcast, one of the last airworthy B-17 bombers, flying at Oshkosh and across America.
TaildraggerHow Doc, one of only two flying B-29 Superfortresses, was rescued from a desert bombing range and rebuilt by the people who first built her.
TaildraggerHow Glacier Girl, a P-38 Lightning, was recovered from 268 feet of Greenland ice 50 years after crash-landing and flew again in 2002.
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