The World War II Aviation Museum recently flew a restored plane that was recovered from the bottom of a Washington lake more ...

The Curtiss SB2C-1a Helldiver, one of only three airworthy models left in the world, made its first public flight July 19 ...

The SB2C was the third carrier-based dive bomber called “Helldiver” and produced by Curtiss. “Hell diver” was a heroic and death-defying name for both pilots and aircraft in the popular American ...

The first example of the new Helldiver design, XSB2C-1 Bureau Number 1758, made its maiden flight on December 18, 1940, with chief test pilot H. Lloyd Child at the controls. The aircraft, however ...

After overcoming years of challenges, the Commemorative Air Force West Texas Wing's SB2C Helldiver is ready to soar again. One of the last flying examples of this WWII dive bomber, it returns to ...

Introducing the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Between 1943 and 1945, over 7,000 SB2C Helldivers were built. Initially, the aircraft displayed poor handling characteristics—earning a damning report from ...

Museum conservation and restoration specialists describe the process of restoring the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in ...