CAF Dixie Wing – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:01:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png CAF Dixie Wing – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 CAF Dixie Wing FG-1D Corsair flies again https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/08/17/caf-dixie-wing-fg-1d-corsair-flies-again/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2017/08/17/caf-dixie-wing-fg-1d-corsair-flies-again/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2017 11:01:40 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=3372 https://www.facebook.com/CAFDixieWing/videos/1639764626048333/

After spending several months during which “a Firewall forward restoration and engine change were completed”, the CAF Dixie Wing’s FG-1D Corsair flew again on August 15 with Thom Richard at the controls from the Kissimmee airport in Florida.

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“After more than 40 years since it’s last flight, 16 years of restoration, being effected by the Mississippi River flood of 1993 and countless man hours by the dedicated volunteers of the CAF Dixie Wing, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing Bell P-63A-6 Kingcobra serial number 42-68941 flew for the first time on Saturday February 18, 2017. Just after 1300hrs local time pilot Jim Dale took off from the Atlanta Regional Airport, home of the Dixie Wing.”

Find out more on the CAF Dixie Wing’s website or Facebook page.

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Nine Curtiss P-40 will attend the 3rd annual CAF Atlanta Warbird Weekend on September 24 & 25 for the 75th anniversary of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the “Flying Tigers”. This will be the largest gathering of P-40 in recent times.

The event, hosted by the Dixie Wing, will take place at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport and many other warbirds will also be attending. World War II veterans, authors, 1940s Hollywood entertainers and reenactors will be present at the event, which is presented not as an airshow but as a warbird display and history education event, with aircraft rides available.

More information, including the complete list of attending P-40 and other warbirds, can be found on the 3rd annual CAF Atlanta Warbird Weekend website.

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