Video Thunder Over Michigan: The Yankee Air Museum
Look, up in the sky! It’s a Flying Fortress! Willow Run’s Yankee Air Museum is an incredible mix of volunteerism, American history, and cooler-than-cool aircraft thundering across Michigan’s skies. Concentrate’s resident videographer Keith Jefferies introduces you to the aviation buffs who make it happen.
While Ypsilanti’s Willow Run Airport may figure prominently into Metro Detroit’s plans to create a globally-connected aerotropolis, it was originally built by Ford as an airfield for their B-24 Bomber plant –part of the region’s history as the ‘Arsenal For Democracy’.
After World War II, the airport became a major air freight hub with limited commuter service. But in 1981 a group of aviation buffs decided to preserve the airfield’s all-but-forgotten history and the Yankee Air Museum was born.
Restoring and replicating vintage planes, hosting the wildly popular Thunder Over Michigan, putting on air shows around the coutry… this incredible group of dedicated volunteers has created a living museum to American aviation history.
Fly the friendly skies by clicking on the YouTube video below.
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