The Breath of Life By Dick Wagner Through the dedicated efforts of many, the EAA 's Northrop Alpha, NC11 Y, has been given a new lease on life . A group of TWA craftsmen have undertaken the painstaking restora足 tion of a last remaining Northrop Alpha . The aircraft is being prepared
for presentation to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum , where it will be displayed in their transporation exhibit, for millions to view. The aircraft was originally delivered to the assistant secretary of commerce
Alpha Project technical coordinator Dan McGrogan , right, leads TWA volunteers in extricating N11 Y from the barn'in Burlington, Wis., last March for the ride home by truck to Kansas City. '
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