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July 13, 2017

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...

July 13, 2017

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...

April 26, 2017

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...

April 7, 2017

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...

April 5, 2017

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...

April 4, 2017

What Should You Know Before You 3D Scan Your Aircraft Part…

In my first blog I touched on what a portable 3D laser scanner is, the process for 3D scanning, but only briefly...

March 10, 2017

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...

February 17, 2017

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...

January 26, 2017

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...