Ferry Flight Pilot Runway 
Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The aircraft also had attachment points for a pilot-operated sand filter over its oil cooler to operate in desert environments. On July 25, 1944, Bf 109 G-6 160756 was on a formation ferry flight with fifteen other Bf 109s over northern Italy from Maniago, in the foothills of the Italian Alps, to Ghedi, 85 kilometers (53 miles) east of Milan.
Photographic Logbook
DECEMBER 29, 2024
It was not something that I dreamed of even as a student pilot and two decades on, I sometimes struggle to grasp the reality of it. Warrior 481's wheels even sampled five different grass runways in 2024, which is more than usual. Twenty Years of Adventure Twenty years ago, I became an aircraft owner.
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Aerotime
JUNE 21, 2024
The last of 33 PBY-4 variants to be rolled out was fitted with amphibious landing gear for the first time, to increase the type’s versatility and enable it to operate from land-based runways. On March 30, 1945, 44-33915 was deployed, along with two other Catalinas, to rescue a downed USAAF P-51 Mustang pilot in the North Sea.
Plane and Pilot
JULY 24, 2024
Since 1962, EAA chapter 75 from the Moline Quad-Cities area has staffed the Emergency Aircraft Repair area, helping out pilots and owners with mechanical issues that spring up at Airventure. The chapter includes airframe and powerplant mechanics, tech counselors, homebuilders, and pilots who can help out with mechanical issues.
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. Donations can be placed HERE.
Plane and Pilot
JULY 24, 2024
Since 1962, EAA chapter 75 from the Moline Quad-Cities area has staffed the Emergency Aircraft Repair area, helping out pilots and owners with mechanical issues that spring up at Airventure. The chapter includes airframe and powerplant mechanics, tech counselors, homebuilders, and pilots who can help out with mechanical issues.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 14, 2024
Lacey was a charming man and was able to convince the base commander to let him take a B-17 that he was interested in for a test flight, as he was a pilot. 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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