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You've heard the rumors, perhaps even seen a magazine article or two -- several Me 262 jets are now under construction in the United States!! This incredible project is the result of a decade of privately-administered effort to create flight worthy examples of the Messerschmitt 262 fighter, and is now entering its final stages. Formerly subcontracted to the Texas Airplane Factory and administered by Classic Fighter Industries, Inc. the WTMF owner's group has now assumed watch over the final, and most critical, phase of the project. Our Seattle-based team of expert designers, engineers and technicians recently completed the flight test...

Warbirds to take flight over Goshen By RYAN FRIESEN Goshen News Staff Writer As many as 50 vintage aircraft from the World War II era are expected to land in Goshen over the weekend of April 29 to May 1. In fact, they’ll be doing more than landing, according to Airport Manager Randy Sharkey, “They’ll be flying all weekend long.” The Goshen Municipal Airport is scheduled to play host to a regional warbird fly-in on the last weekend in April. Sharkey said he anticipates, among others, to see T-6s, T-34s and TB-Avengers. The fly-in has previously taken place in Seymour,...

First Flight of SpaceShipOne into Space This is from a guy who has a rich obsession with aviation. I wish it were me but I'm not nearly rich enough to make the rounds like him... First Flight of SpaceShipOne into Space On June 21, 2004, I joined twenty seven thousand other people to watch the launch of SpaceShipOne, the first private-venture craft to attempt to leave the earth's atmosphere and enter space, defined as an altitude of 100 kilometers (62 miles). I and the other afflicted technophiles gathered in the pitch blackness of Mojave airport in California sometime after 3...

A US registered, Normandy Invasion participant and still painted in the Normandy scheme, operated under a FAR Part 135 certificate, has come up for sale due to bankruptcy. She is a documented vet of the Normandy Invasion ( part of the GLIDER GANG) as well as the Belgium (A Bridge Too Far)drop. I flew this aircraft many years ago, and the thought came to me.... Would any freepers out there like to get together and purchase this a/c, either as a Foundation, or form a flying museum? The ac is located in the southeast. I would hate to see her...

This thread is designed to bring to note a rather impressive aircraft from WWII, the Ilyushin IL-2 "Sturmovik". As the IL-2 served on the Eastern Front during WWII, it is less well known in western circles than the P-51, Bf-109 or any of the Spitfire variants. The IL-2 was designed for one thing only, ground attack. At this it performed quite well, earning the name "Black Death" from German troops. Basics: The IL-2 was the Soviet WWII equivalent to our A-10, in other ways than just the function. The IL-2 was designed to place the pilot, the engine and the...