History
Rod Lewis, the son of an air force pilot and founder of Lewis Energy, purchased his first aircraft, an Aeronca Chief, in 1981 to survey the oil and natural gas wells his company owned. [1] He began collecting aircraft in 1995 when he purchased a T-28. [2] [3]
In 2006, he purchased both the F8F Rare Bear and the P-38 Glacier Girl. [4] [5] He founded Lewis Air Legends in 2009. [6] By 2012, it operated a team at the Reno Air Races called Lewis Air Racing. [7]
The organization purchased a VC-121A used by General Douglas MacArthur from the Planes of Fame Air Museum in 2015 and began restoring it to airworthy condition. [8] The aircraft debuted at EAA AirVenture in 2023. [9]
The organization sold a de Havilland Mosquito that was being restored for it in New Zealand in 2020. [10]
The organization's A-20 was seriously damaged in a forced landing following an engine fire at the WBCA Stars & Stripes Air Show Spectacular on 16 February 2025. [11] [12]
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