Restorations:
Main Restoration Shop
The main restoration shop consists of 15,000 sq ft, with state of the art lighting, complete heating and air conditioning. It consists of disassembly/assembly area, sheet metal fabrication shop, welding shop, machine shop, latest in paint booth designs, dirty room and hardware room.
- Overview - Restoration Homepage
- Main Hangar
- Main Restoration Shop
- Machine Shop
- Welding
- Paint Booth
- Hardware Inventory
- Large Airframe Parts Inventory
- Library
- Digital Database - Research Stations
- Microfilm Scanning
- Offices - Administration
The main restoration shop was designed to be able to fit a fighter into the shop to facilitate the final assembly prior to being moved into the main hangar for the start of operational checks.
Restorations
Propeller Shop
Metal Shop
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P-38 forward boom section (gear well) in build up fixure.
P-38 Aft booms and empennage assembly after rebuild. All components were prefabricated in fixures and shown here after final assembly.
P-38 top center section shown here in fixture during rebuild.
P-38 center section bottom shown here during rebuild, including flap well section.
Jack Croul's P-38 after IRAN being taken up for a test flight. Photograph by Ernie Viskupic
Jack Croul's P-51 first test flight.
Flying Heritage Collection's P-47 first test flight
Flying Heritage Collection's P-51 flying over Seattle Washington. Photograph by John Dibbs