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POOR LITTLE LAMBS – The Corsairs of Baa Baa Blacksheep

September 21, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 88

Forty years ago to the day, on September 21st, 1976, the famed TV-series Baa Baa Black Sheep first aired on television in the United States. But FLYING MISFITS, which was the two-hour pilot episode (actually […]

First For The Ninth, The Story of The First Aerial Victory Over a Me 262

November 25, 2015 Vintage Aviation News 0

From an original article by Stephen Chapis. On October 2, 1944, 21-year-old Captain Valmore Jay Beaudrault of Milford, New Hampshire became the first Ninth Air Force pilot to score an aerial victory over a […]

Warbird Restorations

B-17G “Lacey Lady” – May, 2023 Restoration Update

It has been quite some time since our last update on the B-17 Alliance Foundation’s remarkable effort to restore Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-85790 Lacey Lady in Salem, Oregon, but thanks to Scott Thompson of Aero [...]

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