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The Yankee Air Museum's Yankee Warrior is one of only two B-25C/D Mitchell aircraft still flying today. Image by Dustin M. Ramsey, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Last tour planned for part of historic Mich. aircraft plant

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

The Yankee Air Museum's Yankee Warrior is one of only two B-25C/D Mitchell aircraft still flying today. Image by Dustin M. Ramsey, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Yankee Air Museum’s Yankee Warrior is one of only two B-25C/D Mitchell aircraft still flying today. Image by Dustin M. Ramsey, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – The public is being given one final opportunity to visit part of the historic Detroit-area factory where Rosie the Riveter once worked.

Much of the former Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti Township is to be torn down.

But a tour of the property is scheduled for Saturday. It’s being offered to those who pre-register for a free conference showcasing the plant’s history.

The Detroit Free Press reports that the event is part of the nearby Yankee Air Museum’s campaign to preserve a 175,000-square-foot section of the 5 million-square-foot plant as its future home.

If the museum meets its fundraising goal by Nov. 1, it’ll win the right to acquire a section of the plant in a deal with the General Motors bankruptcy trust.

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http://www.savethebomberplant.org

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Information from: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com

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The Yankee Air Museum's Yankee Warrior is one of only two B-25C/D Mitchell aircraft still flying today. Image by Dustin M. Ramsey, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Yankee Air Museum’s Yankee Warrior is one of only two B-25C/D Mitchell aircraft still flying today. Image by Dustin M. Ramsey, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.