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Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
The Champaign Gal makes an approach over a rural Ohio cornfield as it comes home to Grimes Field on Aug. 27, 2022, in Urbana. The World War II-era bomber is one of the few B-25s still airworthy and flying. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
A ground crew of volunteers clean oil from the Champaign Gal’s engine cowlings and handle other postflight tasks, preparing to tow her back into the Champaign Aviation Museum on Aug. 27, 2022, in Urbana, Ohio. The volunteers, most of them veterans, keep the 78-year-old B-25 flying. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Veteran signatures line the inside of the B-25 Champaign Gal’s bomb bay doors in this photo taken July 15, 2022, at the Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio. The museum’s volunteer crew fly the World War II-era plane to air shows and other events, where they provide a Living History Flight Experience to paying customers. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Chuck Mangold performs a preflight check on the Champaign Gal, a World War II B-25 bomber, on July 15, 2022, at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. Mangold, among the Champaign Aviation Museum volunteer pilots, has a day job as a flight safety officer in one of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s system program offices. He is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and C-130 pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Dave Shiffer (left), Champaign Aviation Museum executive director and head of flight operations, and volunteer Matt Davis help cycle a prop on the World War II B-25 bomber Champaign Gal while preparing to start the engine July 15, 2022, outside the museum at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. Each engine holds more than 45 gallons of oil, and some of it pools in the lower pistons when not in use. Cycling propellers distributes the oil, which prevents engine damage. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Exhaust bellows from the right engine as it coughs to life before a flight July 15, 2022, from Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio. The B-25 was on its way to Evansville Wartime Museum in Indiana for an event. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Tom Printz, Champaign Aviation Museum volunteer, directs the B-25 Champaign Gal toward a taxiway July 15, 2022, as it departs Urbana, Ohio, for an event in Evansville, Indiana. The museum’s volunteer crew fly the World War II-era plane to air shows and other events, where they provide a Living History Flight Experience to paying customers. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Bill Roundtree (front) and Lee Dwiggens, Champaign Aviation Museum volunteers, work on wiring May 21, 2022, in the tail section of Champaign Gal, a B-25 Mitchell bomber. Both Roundtree and Dwiggens served in the Navy as aviation electronics technicians and are among the many veterans who volunteer to work on the museum’s planes. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Dale Davis, a Champaign Aviation Museum volunteer, cleans the nose window of the World War II-era B-25 bomber Champaign Gal on April 23, 2022, in Urbana, Ohio. The Champaign Gal is one of the few B-25s still airworthy and flying. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Champaign Gal, a B-25 Mitchell bomber, sits on jack stands in the Champaign Aviation Museum on March 12, 2022, in Urbana, Ohio. Museum staff and volunteers removed the plane’s wheels and main mounts for maintenance. The propellers were removed and sent to Michigan for recertification. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
B-25 technical manuals sit on a workbench at the Champaign Aviation Museum on March 12, 2022, in Urbana, Ohio. Old manuals are referred to for maintenance on the old plane. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Volunteers keep historic bomber flying
Randy Kemp works in one of the engine cowlings of the Champaign Gal, a World War II-era B-25 bomber, on Feb. 12, 2022, at the Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio. Kemp oversees maintenance on the 78-year-old plane to keep it airworthy. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Air Force ROTC cadets salute Tipi Minnehan Dec. 23, 2020, on her 100th birthday in Fairborn, Ohio. Minnehan is a veteran having served in the Army during, and for a few years after, World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Well-wishers hold up signs Dec. 23, 2020, wishing Tipi Minnehan a happy 100th birthday. Friends and family, in a long line of cars, drove past the World War II Army veteran’s residence in Fairborn, Ohio, to safely wish her well. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Tipi Minnehan greets family and friends during a birthday parade held in honor of her 100th birthday Dec. 23, 2020. Friends and family, in a long line of cars, drove past the World War II Army veteran’s residence in Fairborn, Ohio, to safely wish her well. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)