Wed, May 20, 2009
One More Reason To Go To Arlington THIS Year!
Addison Pemberton of Spokane, Wash restored the only flying
Boeing Model 40 in the world. The aircraft had been lost in an
accident in October 1928. The Boeing 40C had not graced the skies
for 65 years made its maiden flight in February 2008.
The aircraft will makes it first appearance at the Arlington
Fly-In, with clear skies the Boeing 40C plans on arriving at the
Fly-In Friday July 10th. The Boeing 40C was part of the line of
Model 40 aircraft built between 1925 and 1931, with a total of 10
Model 40C aircraft built in 1928-1929. The Model 40 was originally
designed to be an air mail carrier and was later converted to
passenger use.
Pemberton began his drive to restore a Boeing 40 when he first
saw one on display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., in
the early 1980s. He eventually acquired two Boeing 40C aircraft
that had been involved in accidents more than 60 years earlier, and
also acquired priceless drawings that detailed many of the 33,000
specific parts of the aircraft.
“There is still a lot of original DNA left in this
airplane from its last flight in 1928,” Pemberton said in EAA
Sport Aviation magazine in its April 2008 issue. “One of our
main goals in restoring this treasure was not to place it in a
museum or keep it tucked away in a hangar.
“It is my intention, as the custodian of this airplane, to
share it with as many people as possible. Our plan is to fly the
aircraft from Spokane to Arlington this summer and place the Boeing
40 on display.”
The Arlington Fly-In is the third largest sport aviation event
in the US. Over 1,000 aircraft and 60,000 guests participate in the
week long festival of aviation. The 2008 Arlington Fly-In will be
held July 8 – 12, 2009 at the Arlington Municipal
Airport.
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