Curtiss Robin Survivors

Mid America Flight Museum Robin N3277G

The research continues here at the Another Time research library. Today was spent hunting for more photos of surviving Curtiss Robins. Permissions were granted for the use of additional photos that were posted on our survivors web page. Check out the latest update! Have some data or photos you could share? Please send us an email!

Another Time Curtiss Robin web page.

He111/CASA2111 Cavanaugh Flight Museum

This picture was taken this week at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum of their CASA 2111. The Spanish built version of the He 111. It flew in the movie The Battle of Britain and then went on serving with the Spanish Air Force after filming. I call this "hangar hunting" as you never know what will be stashed in a hangar while hunting for vintage airplanes at airports! There are no plans to return it to airworthy for now. But one day we can hope the airframe does return to the skies.

PBY Catalina Model

A couple weeks ago I finished up this Monogram 1/48 scale PBY Catalina model. Snagged it from a buddy in a partially built state. Used some on hand dark sea blue and yellow to make it look like a later model Catalina in a RESCUE scheme. Fun build. It just meant to be a nice model from a couple feet away, hanging in the office. Turning final to splash down!

Scale Aircraft Models

After all these years I still enjoy building scale aircraft models. With our son now helping with the builds AND selecting the NEXT builds it has been fun to work on new models. We visited a scale model show in Arlington, Texas this morning and snagged a few more aircraft for the collection. Highlighted below are a few awesome builds we saw on display.

1/32 Scale P-51 Racer

1/48 Scale P-38

Taking our haul to the car

In the next couple weeks I will post some pictures of some of our recent builds.

EAA Visits Blakesburg

EAA Photographers and videographers made the trip down to Blakesburg, Iowa for the 2019 Antique Airplane Association Fly-In.

Check out the fantastic photos! Click here for the EAA Blog.

Plane Savers D-Day C-47 Flies!

Hats off to Mikey McBryan and his HARD WORKING volunteers who in a few short months took a derelict C-47/DC-3 and made it fly. Mikey posted daily videos on the history, volunteer work efforts and eventual flight of the D-Day C-47 FZ668.  Make time to watch all 156 episodes. It is worth your time. The video below is the amazing end to this seasons flight of C-FDTD.

Also check out the web site... Plane Savers


 

EAA B-25 Flies Again

Good news out of Oshkosh! The EAA B-25 has flown again after a multi-year restoration. This historic B-25 flew in the 1970 movie "Catch 22" as "Berlin Express" and will soon join the EAA B-17 ride tour. Check out the video below.

For a listing of surviving B-25s check out this list on AeroVintage.com

EAA Sun N Fun 2019 Photos

Jim Busha of EAA posted a Sun N Fun summary on the EAA Blog. Complimented by photos from Connor Madison and Chris Miller. Be sure to click through the complete gallery of photos.

Link to the post here.

XP-82 Twin Mustang at Sun N Fun

The first big airshow of the year is Sun N Fun in Lakeland, Florida. I have been pouring over Instagram, Facebook and other sites to see the debut of the XP-82 Twin Mustang. Airail Images has posted a short flight video of the Twin Mustang flying in the show. Sit down and hit play!




To read up on the restoration go to... http://www.xp-82twinmustangproject.com/

Aviation Videos on YouTube

Aviation Videos

Yes, there are plenty of videos on YouTube but lately I have notice the quality of the videos being produced improving. Now my focus is vintage aircraft but my interest can bleed over to other aircraft when I see cool content. My last post was a link to Mikey McBryan's Plane Saves. This post will include links to other channels that I have subscribed to.

Dewey Davenport is the owner of several vintage airplanes and he has been visiting the restoration of the Mid America Flight Museum's Travel 6000 at the shop in Ohio. Follow along to see the restoration and other aviation stories.




Eric Goujon is one of the pilots with The Flying Bulls collection in Austria. His short videos highlight his flying airshows around Europe. The scenery is AMAZING as well as the aircraft!




EAA will post video content and they can highlight vintage aircraft. This one tells the story of the rare Aeronca LB Low-Wing.




Kermit Weeks and his Fantasy of Flight are know worldwide for being one of the largest vintage aircraft collections. He has been sharing a steady stream of videos in recent times. Some go back in time to show is travels to visit restoration projects while others show his current hangar work.




Just the awesome videography alone will dazzle you on Trent Palmer's channel. Trent invites you along on flights around the West in his Kitfox. Check out this one showing his new 360 camera.



The modified Wilga that captured the entire aviation community is owned by Mike Patey. His channel followed the build of this crazy cool STOL (Short Take Off & Landing) aircraft. Now he is moving on to his next aircraft build starting with a Super Cub frame. Tour his hangar and hear about his next project in the video below.



Enjoy the hours of content. I will post more cool video links when I find them!

Plane Savers

For the aviation history buff I highly recommend the YouTube show called Plane Savers. Mikey McBryan from Buffalo Airways is making ready to save a D-Day veteran C-47 from Montreal. As they prepare to make the C-47 flyable Mikey is sharing history, stories and updates from aircraft restorations around the world. Give it a watch from episode one. The link above is for an episode where some vintage 8mm videos are shared.