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Historic planes’ interior parts sport shocking colors
The interior components of a plane like the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt glow with greenish yellow panels and plates.…
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Friend or foe? Maybe yellow markings gave the answer
Both of our Japanese fighter aircraft wear a yellow band along the leading edge of their wings. After…
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A plane name only an ornithologist could love
If you have visited the Flying Heritage Collection, you had to wonder about that odd name painted on…
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Hellcats were built to take a beating
The Flying Heritage Collection’s Hellcat is currently up on jack stands, awaiting a landing gear test. Great care…
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Vintage images of the Fighting Bulldogs (gallery)
The Flying Heritage Collection’s Hurricane carries an image of a bulldog, wearing pilot’s helmet and boxing gloves, duking…
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Hellcat gets an electrical upgrade
Right now, Flying Heritage Collection’s F6F-5 Hellcat is getting an electrical upgrade. Actually, it’s more of a careful…
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Veterans provide an answer that photos couldn’t
Sometimes veterans are a great source of information. When the Flying Heritage Collection’s Ki-43 “Oscar” was being restored…
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With folding wings, Storch could travel by air or train
The Flying Heritage Collection’s Fieseler Storch has folding wings. The slow-flying liaison plane cruises at around 90 miles…
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Tail wheel is a piece of Hellcat’s past
The Hellcat’s tail wheel tire tells us a little bit about its history. It looks like the tire…
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Replaceable engine one of Hellcat’s virtues
Why fiddle around with some cantankerous component in the engine compartment when you can pull the whole thing…
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Thunderbolt’s turbo charger a well-oiled machine
The Flying Heritage Collection’s aircraft are much more complete than many warbirds out there. Part of the preflight…
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Piloting a vintage warplane takes extra study
You know that uncomfortable feeling when you first sit in a rental car? Finding the seat adjustment handle,…
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Wings of the P-51D Mustang housed extra firepower
You can see evidence of a major addition in the wings of the Flying Heritage Collection’s North American…
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The B-25 Mitchell: ‘I’ve been everywhere’
Like the famous song, there’s pretty much nowhere that a B-25 Mitchell hasn’t been. The hearty medium bomber…
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A Hurricane with the heart of a Buick
Automobile companies turned to other jobs when war swept the world. The FHC’s Focke-Wulf Fw 190 is powered…
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Historic photos of Flying Heritage planes
The Flying Heritage Collection includes many historic planes, which are carefully restored to their original condition. In addition…
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Il-2 Shturmovik went by many names
Squadrons of Il-2 Shturmovik aircraft pounced on the Germans during the invasion of Russia. The enemy knew the…
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Flying Shturmovik will be a rare sight
The Flying Heritage Collection has the only flying Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik left in the world today. It got…
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Get to know the Flying Heritage Collection
The Flying Heritage Collection is the private collection of philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. The FHC’s…