The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum's P-61 'Black Widow' Recovery and Restoration Project - The Widow's Web - The Restoration - Latest Photostos

 

LATEST RESTORATION PHOTOS
UPDATED JUNE 10, 2010
 

JUNE 2, 2010

THE BLACK WIDOW, WITH TAIL BOOMS, AND VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS ATTACHED, IS PULLED OUT OF THE HANGAR BY RUSS STRINE AND HIS GROUND CREW.
JUNE 2, 2010

THE BLACK WIDOW TAKES ITS PLACE IN UNDER THE TENT FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY WORLD WAR II WEEKEND

 
JUNE 3, 2010

THE AUTHORS OF  "FORGOTTEN WIDOW" AUTOGRAPH COPIES OF THE NEW BOOK AT WORLD WAR II WEEKEND.  FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, SHARON WELLS WAGNER, GENE STRINE, STEVE WAGNER, AND RUSS STRINE.

PRESS RELEASE!

FORGOTTEN WIDOW  a new book by Sharon Wells-Wagner & Steve Wagner with Gene and Russ Strine has been published.

Read the full PR, here.

As of June, 2010, the following structural components remain to be completed on the P-61 restoration project:

Rebuild left and right wings

Rebuild rudders ( 2 ), ailerons ( 2 ), elevator ( 1 )

Rebuild miscellaneous gear doors.

 With the amount of work remaining to be accomplished and the variables involved, no completion date can be set at this time. 

The P-61 project is worked on daily by a full-time professional restoration staff.  When a completion date comes within a predictable timeframe, it will be promptly posted on this website.


 
As with the Black Widow itself, we are constantly in the process of rebuilding and updating the Widow's Web.  As work progresses on the aircraft there will be new photos and features about our P-61 Restoration Project.  Please check back in soon, and don't forget to hit your browser's refresh button to see what's new since your last virtual visit.