Texas Flying Legends by Chuck Cravens This photo of the right wing gives us a good view of the gun bay. Update The December/January update will be brief because most of the progress on Lope’s Hope 3rd this month happened at Odegaard Wings. The fine folks there sent some images of the wings. In the...Continue Reading
Texas Flying Legends by Chuck Cravens The Christmas season was part of the time period covered by this update so, in honor of the season, I thought I would show a photo that wouldn’t ordinarily make it into an update: This is what an AirCorps-style Christmas tree looks like! The P-47 tail cone is festooned...Continue Reading
by Chuck Cravens The Red Tail lands after a successful test flight with a background of snow. Update We at AirCorps were honored to be trusted with the repair of this very important warbird. Erik Hokuf and Mark Tisler were quoted in the press release when the Red Tail flew and I think they summed...Continue Reading
Texas Flying Legends by Chuck Cravens Ryan has been working on the dorsal fin, restoring it to flawless condition. Some of the fillets around the empennage were formed and installed as well. Update: This month found us waiting for Lope’s Hope 3rd’s wings to be completed and shipped, so the crew spent most of their...Continue Reading
Texas Flying Legends’ by Chuck Cravens A view from the other side as Hunter works, there are a lot of those clips to put in! Last Month… The horizontal stabilizer came out of its fixture. The disassembly of the fuselage took upmany of the work hours last month as well. In the restoration shop, the...Continue Reading
Texas Flying Legends by Chuck Cravens Randy works on some of the last rivet placements in the skin. Ryan, Dalton, Randy, and Sam begin the move of the horizontal from the fixture to the bench. Update on the P-47 Last month we looked into the assembly of the horizontal stabilizer. This month the horizontal, the...Continue Reading
Texas Flying Legends by Chuck Cravens Veterans sitin front of Lope’s Hope 3rd celebrating Veterans’ Day at the AirCorps Aviation restoration shop. Captain Donald Lopez’s last combat missions: November 11, 1944 (Armistice Day) The origin of what we now call Veteran’s Day was celebrated on the date the Great War ended, now of course, called...Continue Reading
