Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for landing. A variety of aircraft will be grounded for closer inspection by the public this weekend in Chandler.

The Commemorative Air Force’s Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, FIFI — the only remaining flight ready example of the aircraft in the world — will visit Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Thursday, Feb. 28 through Sunday, March 3.

Eighty-five-year-old Chester Oliver sprightly climbed into a B-17 bomber Saturday at Mesa’s Falcon Field.

I knew a lot about B-17 Flying Fortresses - or thought I did. I spent much of the 1970s assembling models of them in my basement. I once knew the B-17's battle history, armaments, bomb load, flight range and every stat my glue-addled brain could hold.

John F. Long, the developer who built the first master-planned community in Arizona, Maryvale, and donated land for schools, community centers and parks, died Friday of congestive heart failure. He was 87.

On Aug. 8, 1944, German forces hit an American B-17 bomber with rounds of heavy artillery in the skies over France, tearing the plane in half and killing the crew of nine airmen.

My weekend? Thanks for asking. Let’s see. Dinner with a friend on Friday, bowling on Saturday night. Oh, and I was the bombardier on a B-17 bomber on Saturday morning.

Robert Mills’ library in his Tempe home is as much about a 1959 Steinway as it is about the first edition opera scores lining the alder wood shelves.

SEATTLE - James Adams was a die-hard Boeing backer from the moment he saw B-17s during World War II. The Washington resident would promote Boeing jets to anyone who would listen, and even picked airlines based on whether they flew Boeing jets.

WASHINGTON - Vera is certain that it began with the red dress. London in the waning months of World War II was so dark and dreary. She was just 18, and sick of the anti-barrage balloons that blotted out the sun, sick of carrying the smelly rubber gas mask.

WASHINGTON - Vera is certain that it began with the red dress. London in the waning months of World War II was so dark and dreary. She was just 18, and sick of the anti-barrage balloons that blotted out the sun, sick of carrying the smelly rubber gas mask.