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