Posted on 03/17/2008 4:20:35 PM PDT by dynachrome
When the big Boeing biplane lifts off from Felts Field Saturday afternoon, its open cockpit and wood-paneled passenger cabin will carry the history of American aviation back into the skies.
It will fly again after nearly 70 years on a mountainside, a few years in a horse trailer, and nine years in a hangar at Felts, where some 61 volunteers spent about 18,000 hours meticulously restoring it to life.
“It’s damn near a miracle,” said Mike Lavelle, an employee of the Boeing Museum of Flight, who has researched this type of plane, the 40-C, and its key importance to American aviation and the Northwest company.
(Excerpt) Read more at spokesmanreview.com ...
I felt that this deserved it’s own post.
TTIUWP
More to this story and more photos—http://www.vintageaircraft.org/news/2008%20-%2002_21%20-%20Boeing%2040C%20Flies%20For%20the%20First%20Time%20in%2080%20Years.html
Thanks.
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What a beautiful aircraft!
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