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Lunch & Lessons from the Past

A sunny Friday drive to Duluth this spring allowed many of us here at AirCorps the distinct pleasure of having lunch with...
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Stretching Your Wings (well not exactly…)

The members of our Fabrication team are experts in re-creating WWII-era aircraft parts through a variety of techniques. They often combine modern...
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Mark on Maintenance – P-51 Landing Gear Pivot Shafts

Popping across town to the hangar often feels like a field trip: there’s always something cool to see and someone wearing wings...
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Who Will They Be Remembered By?

What drives us to seek out the bits of history that didn’t make headlines in the past? What motivates descendants, or even...
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EVA & EDITH: A SEARCH BEGINS

AirCorps Aviation is honored to be actively restoring a P-47D Thunderbolt for the Texas Flying Legends Museum, an organization dedicated to honoring...
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Reading a Basic North American Part Drawing

Our prior AirCorps Library blog post explained the methodology behind North American Aviation’s part numbering system. This week, we will examine the...
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North American Part Numbering System

At AirCorps Library and AirCorps Aviation we geek out and obsess about part number methodology. Some WWII producers had no apparent numbering...
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What is AirCorps Library?

AirCorps Aviation is a multi-faceted organization that continues to branch out into new and exciting endeavors. Frequent and first time visitors to...
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Who Are Eva & Edith – The Search Begins

**Updated 2/1/17 – Upon thorough inspection of the recovered wing panel containing Eva & Edith’s signatures we’ve determined the wing was built...
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An Artwork Legacy Lives On

Noel Allard has been known for decades in the warbird and legacy aircraft world for the quality and precision of his aircraft...
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North American T-28 Trojan

In the ongoing quest to bring AirCorps Library users new information and resources, we are pleased to announce that the T-28 Trojan...
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From Rivets to Retaining Clips

Employees and affiliates of AirCorps Aviation spent the early weeks of December 2016 conducting a massive inventory count update and system overhaul....
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