About to depart for the journey back home to Dallas.

What is believed to be the only surviving Kreutzer K5 Air Coach made a stop at Blakesburg en-route from California to a new home in Minnesota. Built in 1929 as a Kreutzer K2 and later modified to K3 and K5 standard it was delivered to a Mexican mining company in 1935 and registered as XB-AHO. Following an accident in 1940 the aircraft spent another 42 years in Mexico before being recovered to the USA for restoration in 1982.

The Luscombe T8F Observer was originally proposed to the US Army as a replacement for the L-4 Grasshopper but lost out on cost to the Aeronca L-16. The type later trialed as a crop duster and was also modified to compete for a US Army liaison contract but lost out again, this time to the O-1 Bird Dog.

28 Dec '43: TOS USAAF with s/n 43-4432. Assigned to several stateside bases during its career. 1946: RFC, Altus, OK. Owned by several civilian operators over the years. 9/52: Cannon nose was replaced by a standard B-25J 8-gun nose. 10/55: Husky Oil Co., Cody, WY, and several executive modifications were made, including the installation of an air stair and pointed tail cone. 1970: Flew in the movie, "Catch-22." 5/72: Donated to the EAA Aviation Foundation. Oshkosh, WI. From 1975 to 1985: Complete restoration and a standard B-25J glass nose was installed. By 7/21: Restored as when in "Catch-22."

28 Dec '43: TOS USAAF with s/n 43-4432. Assigned to several stateside bases during its career. 1946: RFC, Altus, OK. Owned by several civilian operators over the years. 9/52: Cannon nose was replaced by a standard B-25J 8-gun nose. 10/55: Husky Oil Co., Cody, WY, and several executive modifications were made, including the installation of an air stair and pointed tail cone. 1970: Flew in the movie, "Catch-22." 5/72: Donated to the EAA Aviation Foundation. Oshkosh, WI. From 1975 to 1985: Complete restoration and a standard B-25J glass nose was installed. By 7/21: Restored as when in "Catch-22."

28 Dec '43: TOS USAAF with s/n 43-4432. Assigned to several stateside bases during its career. 1946: RFC, Altus, OK. Owned by several civilian operators over the years. 9/52: Cannon nose was replaced by a standard B-25J 8-gun nose. 10/55: Husky Oil Co., Cody, WY, and several executive modifications were made, including the installation of an air stair and pointed tail cone. 1970: Flew in the movie, "Catch-22." 5/72: Donated to the EAA Aviation Foundation. Oshkosh, WI. From 1975 to 1985: Complete restoration and a standard B-25J glass nose was installed. By 7/21: Restored as when in "Catch-22."

10 Nov '44: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-29869 and assigned to 560th Base Unit, Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA. Converted as TB-25J. 1/46: Storage with 4168th BU, South Plains AAF, TX. 5/46: 304th BU, Langley Field, VA. 6/47: Placed in storage at Peyote AB, TX. 14 Nov '51: Flown to Brookley AFB, AL for maintenance. 2/52 to 9/52: Hughes Aircraft, Culver, CA; converted to TB-25K. 9/52: 3565th Training Wing, James Connally AFB, TX. 12/57: Stored Davis-Monthan 10/58: Registered N3160G. 1963: WFU at Anoka, MN. 12/78: Confederate Air Force. 1979 to 1993: Restored and registered N27493.

10 Nov '44: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-29869 and assigned to 560th Base Unit, Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA. Converted as TB-25J. 1/46: Storage with 4168th BU, South Plains AAF, TX. 5/46: 304th BU, Langley Field, VA. 6/47: Placed in storage at Peyote AB, TX. 14 Nov '51: Flown to Brookley AFB, AL for maintenance. 2/52 to 9/52: Hughes Aircraft, Culver, CA; converted to TB-25K. 9/52: 3565th Training Wing, James Connally AFB, TX. 12/57: Stored Davis-Monthan 10/58: Registered N3160G. 1963: WFU at Anoka, MN. 12/78: Confederate Air Force. 1979 to 1993: Restored and registered N27493.

10 Nov '44: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-29869 and assigned to 560th Base Unit, Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA. Converted as TB-25J. 1/46: Storage with 4168th BU, South Plains AAF, TX. 5/46: 304th BU, Langley Field, VA. 6/47: Placed in storage at Peyote AB, TX. 14 Nov '51: Flown to Brookley AFB, AL for maintenance. 2/52 to 9/52: Hughes Aircraft, Culver, CA; converted to TB-25K. 9/52: 3565th Training Wing, James Connally AFB, TX. 12/57: Stored Davis-Monthan 10/58: Registered N3160G. 1963: WFU at Anoka, MN. 12/78: Confederate Air Force. 1979 to 1993: Restored and registered N27493.

10 Nov '44: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-29869 and assigned to 560th Base Unit, Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA. Converted as TB-25J. 1/46: Storage with 4168th BU, South Plains AAF, TX. 5/46: 304th BU, Langley Field, VA. 6/47: Placed in storage at Peyote AB, TX. 14 Nov '51: Flown to Brookley AFB, AL for maintenance. 2/52 to 9/52: Hughes Aircraft, Culver, CA; converted to TB-25K. 9/52: 3565th Training Wing, James Connally AFB, TX. 12/57: Stored Davis-Monthan 10/58: Registered N3160G. 1963: WFU at Anoka, MN. 12/78: Confederate Air Force. 1979 to 1993: Restored and registered N27493.

10 Nov '44: TOS USAAF as B-25J 44-29869 and assigned to 560th Base Unit, Palm Springs Army Air Field, CA. Converted as TB-25J. 1/46: Storage with 4168th BU, South Plains AAF, TX. 5/46: 304th BU, Langley Field, VA. 6/47: Placed in storage at Peyote AB, TX. 14 Nov '51: Flown to Brookley AFB, AL for maintenance. 2/52 to 9/52: Hughes Aircraft, Culver, CA; converted to TB-25K. 9/52: 3565th Training Wing, James Connally AFB, TX. 12/57: Stored Davis-Monthan 10/58: Registered N3160G. 1963: WFU at Anoka, MN. 12/78: Confederate Air Force. 1979 to 1993: Restored and registered N27493.

This was the 2nd B-25H built and was the prototype cannon-nose version. 23 Aug '43: TOS USAAF as 43-4106. Assigned to various units for testing. 1/46: RFC, Walnut Ridge, AR. 4/71: Richard Lambert, Plainfield, IL; was ferried to his grass strip. 8/81: Weary Warriors Squadron, New Lenox, IL; spent two months preparing the plane for ferrying to Springfield for restoration. Both flight attempts had engine failures so they continued the flight to Springfield on one engine. A few years later it was trucked to Rockford, IL for continuing restoration, completed in 1992. 10/15: Cavanaugh Air.

This was the 2nd B-25H built and was the prototype cannon-nose version. 23 Aug '43: TOS USAAF as 43-4106. Assigned to various units for testing. 1/46: RFC, Walnut Ridge, AR. 4/71: Richard Lambert, Plainfield, IL; was ferried to his grass strip. 8/81: Weary Warriors Squadron, New Lenox, IL; spent two months preparing the plane for ferrying to Springfield for restoration. Both flight attempts had engine failures so they continued the flight to Springfield on one engine. A few years later it was trucked to Rockford, IL for continuing restoration, completed in 1992. 10/15: Cavanaugh Air.

8/44: TOS USAAF as 44-44052. 10/44 Transferred to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI s/n KH191. The plane flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations until late 1945 when it was abandoned in Khanpur, India. 1948: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n T-18. 1968: Given to the Indian Air Force Technical College in Jalahali, to be used for mechanic training. 1981: Doug Arnold/Warbirds of Great Britain. 5/82: Airfreighted disassembled by a Belfast transport plane to Blackbushe Airport, England. 1984: Doctor Robert F. Collings, and transported by ship to the USA. 6/89: Registered as N224J.

8/44: TOS USAAF as 44-44052. 10/44 Transferred to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI s/n KH191. The plane flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations until late 1945 when it was abandoned in Khanpur, India. 1948: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n T-18. 1968: Given to the Indian Air Force Technical College in Jalahali, to be used for mechanic training. 1981: Doug Arnold/Warbirds of Great Britain. 5/82: Airfreighted disassembled by a Belfast transport plane to Blackbushe Airport, England. 1984: Doctor Robert F. Collings, and transported by ship to the USA. 6/89: Registered as N224J.

Short history: 5/41: Given via Lend-Lease to the RAF as LB-30A AM927. Damage and returned to Consolidated and was used as a prototype for the C-87, with a cargo door cut in the side and operated by Consolidated for several years. 4/1/47: Registered as NL24927. 11/48: Continental Can Co. of Morristown, NJ, with c/r N1503. 4/11/59: PMEX-Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico. 1967: Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, with c/r N12905. 10/90: Re-registered as N24927.

Shot from control tower. Short history: 5/41: Given via Lend-Lease to the RAF as LB-30A AM927. Damage and returned to Consolidated and was used as a prototype for the C-87, with a cargo door cut in the side and operated by Consolidated for several years. 4/1/47: Registered as NL24927. 11/48: Continental Can Co. of Morristown, NJ, with c/r N1503. 4/11/59: PMEX-Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico. 1967: Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, with c/r N12905. 10/90: Re-registered as N24927.

Flying by the Control Tower. Short history: 5/41: Given via Lend-Lease to the RAF as LB-30A AM927. Damage and returned to Consolidated and was used as a prototype for the C-87, with a cargo door cut in the side and operated by Consolidated for several years. 4/1/47: Registered as NL24927. 11/48: Continental Can Co. of Morristown, NJ, with c/r N1503. 4/11/59: PMEX-Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico. 1967: Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, with c/r N12905. 10/90: Re-registered as N24927.

18 May '45: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-85740 at Syracuse, NY, stored there. 7 Nov '45: Altus, OK, stripped of all military equipment. 6/46: Metal Products. 2 weeks later: Universal Aviation as NL5017N; used for aerial mapping. Successive owners reinforced the floor for hauling cattle, used for aerial photography and surveying, used for aerial application, and used for pest control and fire-fighting. 1976: WFU. 1978 Restoration to military configuration began. Ca.1982: To EAA and finished restoration.