GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The annual Warbird Weekend Static Aviation Show will return to Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) Oct. 4 and Oct. 5.
The event features rare historic aircraft, aviation displays and family-friendly activities in GMU’s Community Corridor.
Officials said that the star of this year’s show is Rosie’s Reply, a World War II-era B-25 Mitchell bomber brought in by the Michigan Flight Museum. Greenville is one of the only East Coast stops for the aircraft, offering the public a chance to book a ride in a combat-veteran bomber.
According to officials, Rosie’s Reply flew eight combat missions with the 12th Air Force over Italy and the Brenner Pass. The B-25 bomber was made famous in the Doolittle Raid on Japan only four months after the Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii. It was the first and only time bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier…