AirCorps Aviation

WHAT WE DO

RESTORATION

AirCorps Aviation is dedicated in the restoration and maintenance of WWII and Vintage aircraft.

PARTS

We also manufacture some of the parts ourselves to bring you the best quality tools needed to build your aircraft or vintage car!

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MAINTENANCE

We are redefining WWII Aircraft Restoration & Maintenance to allow aircraft built in the 20th Century to fly through the 21st Century.

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3D SCANNING

We can digitally model these complex parts, drawn with a slide rule on pencil and paper, very accurately and efficiently.

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FABRICATION

Our experienced team produces parts under an approved FAA-PMA quality control system.

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ARTWORK

AirCorps Art stocks an inventory of thousands of placards, decals, and nameplates done to exacting standards.

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Fulfilling Dreams Through Preservation of Historical Aircraft

Supporting continued airworthiness of historic and legacy aircraft through award winning restoration, maintenance, project management, parts fabrication and sales.

Your Project Is Our Passion

AirCorps Aviation specializes in the restoration, maintenance, and rebuilding of vintage WWII aircraft. We bring forth experience, dedication, passion, and award-winning detail that shows in every project we take on. Extensive experience with 20+ Warbird variants:

Mustang - Grand Champion
P-40 Warhawk - Grand Champion
AT-6 / Harvard - Grand Champion
P-38 Lightning
P-47 Thunderboldt
Grumman Goose
Hawker Seafury

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December 19, 2017
On the Road Again
A November roadtrip with a van full of coworkers offered the opportunity for me to sprawl out on the floor of the Flying Legends Hangar…
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September 26, 2017
Preservation at Work: Digitizing at the Swift Museum
Just off highway 30 outside Athens, Tennessee, a well-informed individual can take the turn toward the McMinn County Airport and find themselves at the Swift Museum Foundation, or SMF. The...
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July 13, 2017
Lunch & Lessons from the Past
A sunny Friday drive to Duluth this spring allowed many of us here at AirCorps the distinct pleasure of having lunch with Jervis Van Vleck Heimbach, (who goes by Van),...
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July 13, 2017
Stretching Your Wings (well not exactly…)
The members of our Fabrication team are experts in re-creating WWII-era aircraft parts through a variety of techniques. They often combine modern technology with original methods and equipment from the...
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April 26, 2017
Tips from Tye: P-51 Landing Gear Pivot Shafts
Popping across town to the hangar often feels like a field trip: there’s always something cool to see and someone wearing wings happy to answer questions. For many, the intrigue...
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April 7, 2017
Who Will They Be Remembered By?
What drives us to seek out the bits of history that didn’t make headlines in the past? What motivates descendants, or even complete strangers, to piece together the lives and...
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April 5, 2017
EVA & EDITH: A SEARCH BEGINS
AirCorps Aviation is honored to be actively restoring a P-47D Thunderbolt for the Texas Flying Legends Museum, an organization dedicated to honoring past generations and inspiring the leaders of tomorrow...
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April 4, 2017
What Should You Know Before You 3D Scan Your Aircraft Part…
In my first blog I touched on what a portable 3D laser scanner is, the process for 3D scanning, but only briefly how it compares to its other scanning counterparts....
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March 10, 2017
Reading a Basic North American Part Drawing
Our prior AirCorps Library blog post explained the methodology behind North American Aviation’s part numbering system. This week, we will examine the science behind reading and understanding a simple individual...
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