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The City of Irvine Neglects and Destroys PV-1 Ventura warbirdsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from warbirdsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On Saturday, June 18th, 2022 the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum will hold their annual Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow at their home field, Lenzen-Roe Memorial Airport in Granite Falls, Minnesota. While the event's intended lineup is still in flux, present plans call for a focus on naval aviation. Indeed several of the star players will come from the Fagen Fighter's own fleet of former U.S. Navy aircraft. These include their airworthy FM-2 Wildcat BuNo. 86774, Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat BuNo.78645 and North American SNJ-4 Texan BuNo.27234, while Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver BuNo.83393 (progressing well in the museum's restoration shop) will also prove a significant draw for show-goers. Alongside visiting warbirds, other 'crown jewels' from the Fagen Fighters collection will also be on hand, such as North American B-25J Mitchell 44-86698 Paper Doll, P-51D Mustangs 44-63864 Twilight Tear and 44-72051 Sweet Revenge, Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.I AK753 Desert Shark, P-40K Warhawk ....
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum - Fall 2021 Update warbirdsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from warbirdsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
US Navy formally notifies families about long-lost Seattle plane January 18, 2021 at 10:57 am Nora Mayes in North Bend in 1961, not far from Black Lake in the Cascade foothills where her son s plane may have crashed. (Courtesy Lee Corbin) The families of two lost Naval aviators have received formal notification from the U.S. Navy about the likely whereabouts of the men and their SNJ-5 trainer aircraft. Lieutenant Benjamin Vreeland and Ensign Gaston Mayes disappeared in March 1949 while on a flight from the old Sand Point Naval Air Station on Lake Washington. Gaston Mayes’ mother, Nora Mayes, spent most of the next 20 years visiting the Northwest during the summer and searching for her son. ....