Also: NetJets Ascend, B-52 Engine Upgrades, Duncan Loans Jet, DART Aerospace Cable-Cutter Volunteers are working to restore a World War II B-17 bomber that spent nearly seven decades as a roadside landmark in Milwaukee, Ore. The restoration is taking place in a Salem aircraft hangar, where the B-17 Alliance is working on the Lacey Lady. The bomber was a fixture on McLoughlin Boulevard in Milwaukee for 67 years. Scott’s husband’s grandfather, Art Lacey, purchased the B-17 in 1947. It was a surplus plane left over following World War II. Lacey wanted to use it as a giant billboard for his Milwaukee gas station. The long-delayed replacement for Air Force One may be far from ready, but its temporary substitute nearly is. The former Qatari Boeing 747 has completed its modification and flight testing phase and is expected to enter service this summer. The aircraft remains in the shop for purely cosmetic updates. Wisk Aero has announced the successful first flight of its second Generation 6 aircraft. It is a milestone for Wisk’s flight-test program and scale, coming shortly after the first Gen 6 aircraft started its flight-test campaign in mid-December. Conducted at Wisk’s flight-test facility in Hollister, Calif., the flight included vertical takeoff, hover, and chirp maneuvers… All this — and MORE in today’s episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
