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B-17 “Shady Lady” flies again

World Warbird News — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 08:32:41 +0000

As announced last month, the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress “Shady Lady” has flown again and departed the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, to join the collection of the Collings Foundation.

More information on Aerodynamic Media.

First engine runs for B-17 Flying Fortress “Shady Lady”

World Warbird News — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:03:46 +0000

https://www.facebook.com/EvergreenMuseum/videos/10155668775619701/

The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum has reported that the B-17G Flying Fortress “Shady Lady” (s/n 44-83785) recently ran its engines for the first time in 15 years. The bomber was acquired by the Collings Foundation in 2015 and should make its first flight soon. It will then be flown to the Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts, and will join the “Wings of Freedom Tour” where it will replace the B-17 “Nine-O’Nine”, giving the latter the opportunity to undergo a major inspection and likely receive a new livery in the process.

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Collings Foundation acquires B-17 Flying Fortress, Bf 109, P-38 Lightning, and P-40 Warhawk

World Warbird News — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:22:00 +0000

The B-17G “Shady Lady” at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum. (Photo killbox (CC BY-NC 2.0))

The Collings Foundation has announced that it has acquired several warbirds from the collection of the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum:

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress “Shady Lady” (s/n 44-83785), which is technically airworthy and should fly again in 2017. The foundation already operates a B-17, and this new arrival will make it possible for the “Wings of Freedom Tour” to continue while one B-17 is under maintenance.
A Lockheed P-38L Lightning which should fly in 2016 after some restoration work.
A Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10, whose return to airworthiness is uncertain due to some technical problems. Regardless of this, restoration work will be carried on the aircraft.
A Curtiss P-40K Warhawk, which will join the P-40 already owned by the foundation and will probably be returned to airworthiness.

More information on this topic can be found on the blog The Warbird Watcher.

Updated: Evergreen Aviation Museum has NOT filed for bankruptcy

World Warbird News — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 22:11:06 +0000

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UPDATE

Statement from the Curator Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum:

“The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum has filed for bankruptcy. It has not. Evergreen Vintage Aircraft Inc., a for-profit corporation has filed for bankruptcy, not the non-profit museum, which is a separate entity. Evergreen Vintage owns 25 of the 133 aircraft on display in the museum, and loans them to the museum for public display. The rest of the 108 aircraft on display, including the Hughes H-4 Flying Boat (aka the “Spruce Goose”) belong to the museum, or are on loan from governmental museums such as the National Museum of the USAF, the National Museum of Naval Aviation, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, and the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum or private individuals.

The museum is not closing, and remains open 7 days a week, 9 am to 5 pm; except for Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving. It continues to pursue its mission to “Inspire & Educate, To Preserve Aviation & Space History, and to Honor the Patriotic Service of our Veterans,” with or without the aircraft on loan from Evergreen Vintage.

Sincerely,

Stewart W. Bailey
Curator
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum”

~~Evergreen Vintage Aircraft Inc., whose museum features historic planes including Howard Hughes’s gigantic wooden “Spruce Goose,” has filed for bankruptcy.~~

The McMinnville, Oregon-based company listed more than $50 million in assets and more than $100 million in liabilities in Chapter 11 papers yesterday in Portland, without giving a reason for the filing.

The museum also displays a large number of historically significant military and civilian aircraft:

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-83785
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
de Havilland D.H.-100 Vampire Mk.52
Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
Douglas C-47
Douglas DC-3A
Foton-6 Space Capsule
Unmanned version of the Vostok spacecraft (Russian space capsule)
Grumman TF-9J Cougar
Lockheed P-38 Lightning (this aircraft is currently for sale via www.platinumfighters.com)
North American Sabreliner (T-39 Sabreliner)
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
Martin Titan II SLV Space Launch Vehicle
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Mercury Space Capsule
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10/U-4 610937
Messerschmitt 262 (Reproduction by Legend Flyers)
Mikoyan i Guryevich MiG-17A “Fresco” (true Russian version)
MiG-21 Mikoyan i Guryevich MiG-21MF “Fishbed-J”
Mikoyan Guryevich MiG-29 “Fulcrum”
NASA X-38 V-131R
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI

Sources: Business Week and Warbirds News