You may have already heard that the CAF Gulf Coast Wing returned their AC-47 Spooky to the sky! But what better day is there to celebrate Spooky than Halloween? So today we're sharing a video we shot of the day they took off on their first test flight. The aircraft is in Conroe at GCW right now, but it will soon leave for paint, so hopefully by the end of November, she'll have a nice new paint job to ring in the holidays! How about some kudos for the GCW's team of hard-working maintainers? | Com

Time to meet plane number nine in our #12Planes campaign: the smallest plane ever to be Air Force One, the Aero Commander L-26B of the Commemorative Air Force - Tampa Bay Wing, known as "Ike's Bird." Before jets and helicopters became symbols of presidential travel, President Dwight D. Eisenhower relied on a small fleet of six Aero Commander L-26Bs. Ike's Bird is the only remaining airworthy example from that fleet. This little twin-engine aircraft carried the President, Vice President, and Firs