Beautiful Cessna 140A

 A great story in General Aviation News about Elliott Block and his Craigs List find. Read about his Cessna 140A and the social media friends that encouraged the Cessna purchase.

https://generalaviationnews.com/2021/03/01/one-sweet-cessna-140a/

Spotter's Guide to Warbird Aircraft

 The Texas Spring has been rainy but we have fit in a few aviation events at local airports and museums. Excitement is building for more aviation activities for the summer! Where will you be watching airplanes?

Are you ready for Oshkosh? Looking forward to summer airshows and aviation museum visits? Taking your kids to experience the sites and sounds of the World War Two Warbirds? Take along this Spotter’s Guide so they can identify, learn the specifications and chat with the pilots about these aircraft. 36 pages and full of color photos. Great booklet to have on hand at your local aviation museum. Click on link below to order your copy for the next airshow.

Order here from Blurb

Lockheed Vega Survivors

The Winnie Mae at the Smithsonian

Happy New Year and off we go in to 2021! The last two days were spent in the Another Time archives and photo vault researching the Lockheed Vega. What a machine Lockheed produced. Earhart and Post made them famous with record breaking flights. Of the 129 built on 6 airframes survive. Two are flyable and one is in restoration. Visit our new web page listing the survivors.

Link - Lockheed Vega survivors

Lockheed 10 Electra - Flight Demonstration Video

Pull up a chair and enjoy this video of a Lockheed 10 flight demo in Germany. Based in Prague Serial Number 1091 is a rare surviving flyable Model 10.

Links - Surviving Lockheed 10s - Tocna Lockheed 10

1939 NATIONAL AIR RACES AMATEUR HOME MOVIE

Periscope Films offers up some great vintage movie content. I highly recommend subscribing to their YouTube channel! This short 7-8 minute video shows a short overview of the 1939 Cleveland Air Race runways, grandstands and some fly-bys. The highlight is an aerobatic display by a Clipwing Monocoupe.

Warbird Art Posters

 New posters now available from BVR Design in collaboration with us here at Another Time. The prints are based on vintage advertising of the era, sourced from our archives, altered and reconditioned into the prints featured in the photo below. Get an early start on your Christmas shopping! Check back soon for our recommended shopping list.

Order here! BVR Design

Transcontinental Mustang Racer N5528N to Fly Again

AirCorps Aviation in Minnesota has announced that they are assembling the P-51C "Thunderbird" N5528N for owner Warren Pietsch. The historic 1949 Bendix race winner will restored to its bright blue racing livery. Famed actor and pilot Jimmy Stewart funded his friend Joe DeBona to build up and race this highback P-51 Mustang. DeBona won the Bentix at a speed of 470 MPH!

For more on racing Mustangs and Thunderbird read the article at This Day In Aviation here.

We highly recommend the book Wet Wings and Drop Tanks for more history and photos on the transcontinental air races.

Beautiful Cessna 195 Video

Stop what you are doing and watch this beautiful video of a Cessna 195 flying over Washington State.

https://vimeo.com/420404887

Stearman Flight Demo | Hangar Talk | Planes of Fame

Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California is posting some great new videos featuring their aircraft. Take some time to watch the Stearman flight demo.

WWII FLYING CADET MOVIE "INTRODUCTION TO FLYING"

Another classic film from Periscope Film has been posted and this "Introduction to Flying" is a fun one. One of the opening scenes shows a Stearman and the narrator says... "This is an airplane..." and it just gets more entertaining from there!

Luftwaffe Fighters - Bf 109 and FW 190

The Hangar 10 collection in Germany has some very special, flyable German fighters. Set aside 13 minutes and watch this amazing video of their Bf109 and FW190 performing some thrilling flybys.







Link - Hangar 10 web site