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Martin Mars: Interview With British Columbia Aviation Museum Project Lead

Vintage Aviation News

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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Bomber Camp

Plane and Pilot

They battled German Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs, anti-aircraft artillery (flak), aircraft malfunctions, and frigid temperaturesflying in formations of hundreds while navigating through bad weather to their targets deep in enemy territory. The flight engineer operated the Sperry top turret (twin.50s) The inboard bomb rails form a V.

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Awkward: US-Bound Air India Flight Diverts To Russia

One Mile at a Time

If there’s a silver lining, at least this diversion happened in summer, so the weather is actually pleasant. Air India is also in liaison with government agencies and regulatory authorities, and we are making arrangements for a ferry flight to KJA to take passengers onwards to San Francisco at the earliest.