Vintage Aviation News

JULY 27, 2024

The ferry flight to the museum , tentatively scheduled for August 10th this year, will likely mark the type’s final ever journey skyward under its own power. Transport Canada will do all of the approvals… And then, there might be a practice flight. I’m still waiting to hear about that.”

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 14, 2024

Over the years, the plane became a local legend, with kids getting to play inside the cockpit, and many local teenagers made their first paychecks filling gas under the wings of the old bomber. Skidding across the field, the B-17 veered off the runway and crashed into another B-17. A young Art Lacey before the ferry flight.

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Professional Pilot

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In 1992, he started work for Transairco, a Beechcraft dealership, as an assistant aircraft salesman and demo/ferry pilot. One such customer was Breitling, and it was during a ferry flight that Albinati first met Breitling CEO Théodore Schneider. Albinati would often fly new King Airs from the US to customers in Europe.

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