Staff at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, were recently pictured with the National Air and Space Museum’s Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik, which has been completed within the Chantilly base’s Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar.
A pair of former Czech Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-23UB Floggers are being returned to airworthy condition by Varna Aviation Group in Lakeland, Florida.
A Boeing 747 airliner converted into a hotel has sadly been closed. Earlier this year, the owners of the Jumbo Stay Hostel at Sweden’s Arlanda Airport filed for bankruptcy, finally closing the distinctive accommodation on March 21.