B-17 'Yankee Lady' [Credit: Robert C. Gerard-Night]
Key Takeaways:
The iconic Boeing B-17G "Yankee Lady," a centerpiece of the Michigan Flight Museum for decades, has been sold to a new, undisclosed owner.
The museum sold the aircraft to move away from an "unhealthy reliance" on its ride revenue, opting to invest the proceeds for more stable, long-term financial support.
The decision was also made to ensure "Yankee Lady's" continued preservation and flyability by entrusting it to a new caretaker with greater resources, amidst the increasing rarity and high maintenance costs of airworthy B-17s.
Yankee Lady, the Boeing B-17G often referred to as the star of the Michigan Flight Museum, is going to a new home.
Since the 1980s, the grand lady of the air has been a centerpiece of the museum that was formerly known at the Yankee Air Museum located in Belleville, Michigan, at Willow Run Airport (KYIP).
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
