P-61 Black Widow Recovery and Restoration

"We are lucky to have an extraordinary machine shop and a seasoned machinist with experience in the microprocessor industry who is able to reverse engineer what we need to have made."

WOW, you can say that again! truly incredible attention to detail and unbelievable skills by the restoration team.

The WWII Weekend show there is some kinda wonderful I can tell you.  If you anywhere near it you gotta go.  i have not been able top make for a few years but here she is on display back in '07.  Would love to see what she looks like now.  And the day she flys?  Can't think of a thing that would keep me away from that.

Yes, it's a great project!  In 2012, the staff said they expected to have the aircraft flying again in 5 years.  That might be pushed out a little, but every year, they've had a little more progress made on restoring her.  If you're able, it's definitely worth it to visit the MAAM and the WWII Weekend.  It's held as close to the D-Day anniversary every year, as possible.

Been there 3 of the last 5 years. Great show.

Jim 

Hoping to make the trip this year. Just gotta try to convince the missus to come along. It's about 5 hours from me.