aircraft restoration

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024

A Different Sort of Restoration

History, Member Stories

By Kevin Renshaw, EAA 133861 On May 30, the Fort Worth Aviation Museum (FWAM) unveiled the static display restoration of YF-16 No. 2 (USAF tail number 72-01568) following a four-year ... Read more

April 15, 2021

New York Nonprofit Organization Restoring Rare Yak-12

DIY, History, Honoring The Past

Antique and Classic Aircraft International, a nonprofit organization based in Long Island, New York, is in the process of restoring a rare Yakovlev Yak-12 to airworthiness.

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

Restoring a Warbird from Lake Michigan

Warbirds

January 20, 1944, would be the last day above the surface of Lake Michigan for one U.S. Navy dive bomber. It would take 50 years for it to see the ... Read more

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020

The Fabric of Their Lives

DIY, From The Hangar Floor, Vintage

Nando and Hualdo Mendoza and the opportunity that changed everything.

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk. 1

From The Hangar Floor

Steve Koenig takes us through the restoration of his Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk. I.