Lady Liberty headed to Woodring

ENID There will be a homecoming, of sorts, Saturday afternoon at Enid Woodring Regional Airport.

Lady Liberty, an A-26 Invader bomber, is being relocated from Oklahoma City to Woodring by its owners, the American Airpower Heritage Museum, a division of the Commemorative Air Force.

After making a couple of passes over Enid, Lady Liberty is expected to touch down at approximately 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Woodring.

Im ecstatic, said Enid Woodr-ing Regional Airport manager Dan Ohnesorge. It is a neat airplane, a neat addition to our tenant fleet.

A training version of the A-26, the TB-26, was used for advanced pilot training at Vance Air Force Base from World War II until 1955. A TB-26 static display currently is on display outside the wing headquarters building at Vance.

Lady Libertys home hangar at Oklahoma Citys Wiley Post Airport is being sold, Ohnesorge said, so its owners contacted him about relocating to Enid.

Our old city hangar was coming open and we were looking for a tenant, Ohnesorge said.

Ken Larcher, one of the aircrafts pilots, flew up to look at the hangar, and decided it fit his groups needs.

It fit the decor of a World War II-type bomber, Ohnesorge said. It is a round-top hangar. It is rustic. Plus, the airplane fits inside of it and the price was right.

We talked about a couple of issues, and we talked about how excited we would be to have them here.

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Lady Liberty headed to Woodring