A rare Curtiss SB2C Helldiver returned to the skies on July 19 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation, marking its first public flight after a 45-year restoration journey.

Burned and dumped by the Navy in 1945, the Helldiver was rediscovered by college students in 1984 and restored to the skies ...

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

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