12 FLYPAST August 2018
NEWS THE LATEST IN AVIATION HERITAGE
Vietnam Stratofortress
being refurbished
Restoration work has been continuing on Boeing B-52G Stratofortress 59-2584 ‘Midnight Express’ at the Museum of Flight’s reserve facility at
Paine Field, Everett, Washington. The bomber is set to be the centrepiece of the attraction’s forthcoming Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Park,
which will describe the history of the B-52 and its involvement in the Vietnam War. http://www.museumoffl ight.org PHOTO-HEIJO KUILAviation art
showcase set
to opento open
The Guild of Aviation Artists (GAvA) will host
its annual Aviation Paintings of the Year
exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London from
July 10 to 15, following a private opening
ceremony on the 9th. Around 400 works
are expected to be on display (including
‘Student End Of Term’ by Anthony
Cowland FGAvA – pictured).
The exhibition is free
to visit.
http://www.gava.org.ukThe Fagen Fighters WWII Museum is
gradually restoring Curtiss Helldiver
SB2C-5 83393 to airworthy condition
at its Granite Falls, Minnesota base.
The dive-bomber was delivered to
the US Navy during World War Two,
but crashed after stalling during
a forced landing at Dahlgren,
Virginia on July 24, 1945, which
sadly killed its pilot.The aircraft was placed with the
National Air and Space Museum at
Washington DC in the early 1990s
before being acquired by Ron Fagen
in 2011. The wings and tail section are
being worked on separately and many
of the parts have had to be copied and
rebuilt due to extensive corrosion.
http://www.fagenfi ghterswwiimuseum.org
TONY SACKETOSThe fuselage of Helldiver SB2C-5 83393 is taking shape in Granite Falls. TONY SACKETOSHelldiver to fl y again
in Minnesota