Maurice B. Quirin has been a landscape and transportation photographer since 1972. He's a member of the New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society and National Railway Historical Society. Mr. Quirin is co-author, with Edward W. Brouder Jr., of Manchester's Airport: Flying Through Time (ISBN 0-9721489-9-X). Mr. Quirin also worked as a freelance editor and anchor for The Wall Street Journal Radio Network and was news director at WBNS radio in Columbus, OH.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Aviation Museum of Kentucky Hosts Commemorative Air Force Warbirds in July 2013

On July 8, 2013, B-25J "Maid in the Shade" was the first of the warbirds to arrive at the Aviation Museum of Kentucky at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington.



B-25J "Maid in the Shade" is maintained and operated by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in Mesa.








On July 12, a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless (N182GA) dive-bomber and P-51 Mustang (473843) operated by the Dixie Wing of the CAF flew into Lexington from Falcon Field near Atlanta. 



The next day, Saturday, the Dauntless and Mustang joined the Boeing B-25 on the Aviation Museum of Kentucky ramp.





A few lucky souls even got to fly in the P-51 for hard-earned dollars!



As the infomercial says: "But wait, there's more!"  The following weekend of July 19, the CAF Gulf Coast Wing flew into Lexington with their beautiful B-17G, "Texas Raiders" (483872).











We hope you enjoyed this flight into the past, courtesy of The Commemorative Air Force and The Aviation Museum of Kentucky!  Clear skies ahead!