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Willow Run, also known as Air Force Plant 31, was a manufacturing complex in Michigan, United States, located between Ypsilanti Township and Belleville, built by the Ford Motor Company to manufacture aircraft, especially the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. [1] Construction of the Willow Run Bomber Plant began in 1940 [2] and was ...
Michigan Flight Museum. / 42.23903; -83.50808. The Michigan Flight Museum, formerly known as the Yankee Air Museum, is an aviation museum located at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan. The museum has a small fleet of flying aircraft and a collection of static display aircraft outdoors.
Willow Run Airport. / 42.23792750°N 83.5304083°W / 42.23792750; -83.5304083. Willow Run Airport ( IATA: YIP, ICAO: KYIP, FAA LID: YIP) is an airport in Van Buren Charter Township and Ypsilanti Charter Township, [ 2][ 3] near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, that serves freight, corporate, and general aviation.
Preserved at. Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan. Yankee Lady is a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, previously owned by the Yankee Air Museum of Van Buren Township, Michigan. Originally delivered to the U.S military in 1945, the plane did not see combat action; it was used by the United States Coast Guard for over a decade.
The 2024 Thunder over Michigan Air Show will return to Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti on Saturday and Sunday. The annual event is presented by the Wayne County Airport Authority, with a variety ...
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was an American four-engine heavy bomber used by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and other allied air forces during World War II. Of the 19,256 B-24, PB4Y-1, LB-30 and other model variants in the Liberator family produced, thirteen complete examples survive today, two of which are airworthy. Eight of ...
The Oakland County International Airport's annual open house and air show has been renamed the "Festival of Flight," set to occur from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 11 this year. This year's airshow ...
There were over 1,600 flights canceled and more than 4,900 delays as of 3 p.m. ET Saturday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware. Delta and United Airlines have been hit the hardest ...