Yankee Air Museum
Michigan's harsh winter is no place for a retired old spy plane (a Martin RB-57 Canberra) to grow old.
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OK, this one isn't strictly car news, but we were alerted to the story by our friends at Chevrolet, and we know most of you enjoy a bit of vintage plane content as much as we do. A restoration effort is underway in Michigan, not of a car or even a famous warbird, but the Willow Run bomber factory, where the actual "Rosie the Riveter" (Rose Will Monroe) worked during World War II. Last month, three historic aircraft—a PB4Y-2 Privateer, an RB-57 Canberra, and a DHC-4 Caribou—were brought inside the Willow Run plant for the first time in many decades.
During WWII the nation's car makers joined the war effort, building planes, tanks, and other material. Willow Run was originally a farm, which Henry Ford bought in 1931 with the idea of using it to give kids from the city exposure to a more rural way of life.
In 1941, Ford transformed the site into a factory and airfield. At first Willow Run just made parts for the Consolidated B-24s, which were assembled elsewhere. But in 1942, the first Ford-built B-24 Liberator rolled out of the factory's doors, the first of almost 7,000.
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