It's official, 3 airworthy Helldivers!!

[bomberfan]

National Museum of WWII Aviation announced that their SB2C-1A 75552 just made her maiden flight!! Congratulations to everyone involved!

[Matt Gunsch]

2 more to go...

[JohnB]

For those of use who don't keep track of such...

And those two would be?????

How far along are they, are they in active restoration or are they a bunch of parts?

[Matt Gunsch]

Yanks at Chino, http://www.warbirdregistry.org/helldive ... 19075.html
and the Greek museum said they were going to restore their Helldiver,
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/helldive ... 83321.html

[Pogo]

Pictures, or it didn't happen. Isn't that in the rules?

[JohnTerrell]

Photo by Dave Devore, as posted on the National Museum of World War II Aviation Facebook page:

[Lynn Allen]

Pictures, or it didn't happen. Isn't that in the rules?

Yes, it is and congrats to all who made it happen. Who had the honors for the flight?

[JohnTerrell]

The pilot was Charlie "Tuna" Hainline.

[JohnB]

Yanks at Chino, http://www.warbirdregistry.org/helldive ... 19075.html
and the Greek museum said they were going to restore their Helldiver,
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/helldive ... 83321.html

With all due respect to Mr. Nichols and his great Yanks collection, given that most of his aircraft don't fly, I don't see the number of flying examples to increase soon.

It would be interesting to know more about the Geek ship, but given it appears to have spent time outside...I won't hold my breath.

[Taylor Stevenson]

With all due respect to Mr. Nichols and his great Yanks collection, given that most of his aircraft don't fly, I don't see the number of flying examples to increase soon.

Having flown two of their fighters recently (one out of restoration this past year), I disagree with your statement. There are projects in the pipeline that will be flown. As to their Helldiver, visible progress is being made each time I go out there.

[JohnB]

Taylor
Note I did say most, not all.
And the fact the Helldiver has been a long term project, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to fly soon.

Still, it's good to hear your report that progress is being made.

[Taylor Stevenson]

Well, yeah. Like any other operator with over a hundred airplanes, most don’t fly (aside from CAF, but that’s apples and oranges). However, the “number of flying examples” is actively increasing. High performance examples at that.

[Mark Allen M]

Here’s a breathe saver.

https://shop.yanksair.org/products/uh-1 ... s-donation

[Taylor Stevenson]

More recent photos.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/M5tcH3zzje5NTu9K/?mibextid=WC7FNe

[AG pilot]

I was able to see the National Museum of World War II Aviation SB2C at the Colorado Springs airshow yesterday. It is a fine looking bird, but I was disappointed it was unable to fly.
I asked a volunteer about it, and they said a wheel went "bad", so display only.