November 23, 2024

Today: Yankee Air Museum invites the public to join them “for an up-close experience with dozens of stunning classic vehicles at our third automobile invitational interspersed with historic aircraft located directly on the airport ramp at Willow Run!” Event opens at 10:00am and runs through 4:00pm, Sunday June 13, 2021. Tickets are still available on site at $25.00 per person; located at Willow Run Airport, 816 Kirk Profit Drive in Ypsilanti. (Applications for vehicle participation are no longer being accepted.)

Some of the aircraft that will be featured:

AD-1 Skyraider “Bad News”
B-25J Mitchell “Georgie’s Gal”
C-47D Skytrain “Hairless Joe”
F-86 Sabre
P-51D Mustan
SNV-1 Valiant
T-6D Texan

Sampling of featured vehicles:

1925 Miller No. 8
1930 Model A Phaeton
1938 Sampson Special
1955 Chrysler 300
1956 Thunderbird
1956 Wolcott Special
1967 Plymouth
Futurliner

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Superman figure at CS Mott Children's Hospital

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