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CAF Airbase Georgia Keeps Vintage Warbirds Airworthy

Volunteering at the airbase helps aspiring mechanics to build time, gain experience, and prepare for the A&P test.

Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia has a membership of approximately 200 volunteers. [Credit: Richard Scarbrough]
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Key Takeaways:

  • CAF Airbase Georgia, a volunteer-driven organization at Falcon Field, meticulously maintains and operates a fleet of vintage warbirds to preserve living aviation history by keeping these iconic aircraft airworthy.
  • The Airbase provides aspiring aircraft mechanics with invaluable practical experience for A&P certification through hands-on work with historical aircraft, fostering a strong community where volunteers are drawn by the aircraft but stay for the people.
  • Maintaining these aging warbirds is a complex, time-consuming, and donation-dependent endeavor, driven by the belief that keeping them flying is essential for honoring history and the legacy of those involved, a mission underscored by recent aviation tragedies.
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Pulling into Atlanta Regional Airport: Falcon Field (KFFC) off Dividend Drive in Peachtree City invariably ignites my memory and accelerates my sense of nostalgia. Being raised in an aviation family generally guarantees you will spend your formidable years pulling chocks and spinning props. The airport is an extension of the home. The third place has a picnic table adjacent to the terminal, and I often take my family there to eat and watch the airplanes depart.

I logged the better part of four decades at Falcon Field, first as a kid awestruck by the airplanes, then as an aircraft engine shop owner conducting business, and now as a journalist. 

Richard Scarbrough

Richard is a US Navy Veteran, A&P Mechanic, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumni. His experience ranges from general and corporate aviation to helicopters, business jets, and commercial airliners. Former owner of a 145 repair station, he currently has an aerospace product management role and is a member of the T-C-Alliance. Follow him on X (Twitter) at @RScarCo.

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