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The howitzer: a big new weapon in museum’s arsenal
Move over, 88 mm cannon, there is a new big gun in the Flying Heritage Collection.
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Flying Heritage Collection welcomes Scud missile carrier
One of the artifacts the Flying Heritage Collection recently obtained is a Scud ballistic missile carrier called a…
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Swapping out the Messerschmitt Bf 109’s engine
It’s time to overhaul the engine in the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3.
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The Sherman took a whole nation to construct
The Flying Heritage Collection’s Sherman was assembled into a single fighting machine at Pressed Steel Car Company, a…
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The arrival of the Hellcat
Until the arrival of the Grumman Hellcat, the Mitsubishi Zero was the undisputed king of the Pacific skies.…
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Lining up the P-51 Mustang’s gun sight and camera
Getting the gun camera and gun sight to point in exactly the right direction was important on a…
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Swapping out valve gaskets on the B-25 bomber
It’s time for the mechanics to change out the valve gaskets on the dual R-2600 engines of the…
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See how planes were built at Battle of Britain Fly Day
At the Flying Heritage Center’s Battle of Britain free Fly Day, you can take a look at how…
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Interrupter gears allows machine gun to fire through propellers
Back in World War I, getting a machine gun to fire through the spinning propeller of an airplane…
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WWII fighter planes taking to the skies at SeaFair
This year, the FHC will be bringing four aircraft to perform over Lake Washington during SeaFair. The planes…
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Iconic pair of WWII fighters to perform at SkyFair
Flying Heritage Collection’s SkyFair on July 26 will feature two of the most iconic WWII fighters not yet…
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P-40 and Zero will hit the skies together July 12
When you think of the Flying Tigers, you think of those shark-mouthed P-40s duking it out with squadrons…
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Pair of WWII’s toughest planes to hit the skies June 28
The pair of aircraft scheduled to perform on the Flying Heritage Collection’s Ground Attack Day on June 28…
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Camo paint hid German aircraft in trees near end of WWII
In the last months of World War II, Allied aircraft were harassing German airfields heavily. As a result,…
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Portholes light up cockpit of Polikarpov I-16
The Polikarpov I-16’s chubby fuselage contains, of course, room for the pilot in the cockpit area, situated over…
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To each aircraft its own towbar
It shouldn’t be any surprise that airplanes of different nations made by different companies at different times have…
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Cleaning down the barrel of a tank
Now that TankFest Northwest is over, it’s time for cleaning.
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Distinctive hatches make T-34 tank easy to ID
As the Soviets worked to improve the T-34 tanks, one thing they changed were the hatches. Starting with…
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Why the P-40 Tomahawk sweats oil
We were puzzled by the left side of the Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk — it sweats oil.
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Dorsal fin stabilizes Mustang at high speeds
The Flying Heritage Collection’s Mustang has a dorsal fin fillet added in in front of the vertical stabilizer.