Vintage Aviation News

Spitfire with a Racing History Makes Progress in Restoration

March 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI P1983, registration G-PRXI, has recently emerged from the paint shop of Historic Flying Ltd. in Duxford, United Kingdom. Sporting a new paint scheme, the Spitfire now wears the wartime photo reconnaissance blue […]

B-25 Showcase #4 – Greg Witmer’s 2012 TICO B-25 Slideshow

March 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

e-publications republished with the permission of the B-25 ASSOCIATION In this issue of B-25 SHOWCASE, we have something very special to share with our members that all of you will truly enjoy. If you are […]

Cleveland’s U.S. Aviation Museum In The Process Of Restoring Vintage Boeing B-29 Superfortress

March 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

A group named “Doc’s Friends” has recently taken ownership of the 25-year project to restore a Boeing Superfortress bomber. The organization takes its name from the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs character, whose countenance […]

Today In Aviation History: March 27,1936

March 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Fokker D.XXI took to the sky for the first time on March 27, 1936. It was a relatively inexpensive and highly maneuverable fighter; a low-wing monoplane with steel tube fuselage and wooden cantilevered wings. […]

Rare Flying Bomb Completes Restoration

March 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Lashenden Air Warfare Museum’s extremely rare Fieseler Fi 103R-IV Reichenberg, which was essentially a piloted version of the V-1 flying bomb, recently completed a five year restoration by Auktionshaus fur historic Technik in Geisenhausen, […]

B-25 Snapshot #3 – Old Glory

March 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

e-publications republished with the permission of B-25 MITCHELL ASSOCIATION Pictures sent via email by Jim Ricketts. The first photo pass shot was from Livermore, CA in 2011. The rear nacelle shot was also from Livermore, […]

B-25 Showcase #2 -Larry Kelley’s B-25J ” Panchito”

March 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

e-publications republished with the permission of B-25 MITCHELL ASSOCIATION Larry Kelley, who is in the Maryland and Delaware area, is the owner and operator of B-25J, serial number 44-30734, “Panchito”. This B-25 is a beautifully […]

Consolidated B 24 Liberator “Diamond Lil

CAF’s FIFI and Diamond Lil to Attend EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Examples of two of World War II’s most revered aircraft, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, “FIFI” and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, “Diamond Lil” have been scheduled to attend EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 as part of the […]

EAA Webinar Flying “FIFI”

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Tomorrow, Wednesday 27 , EAA-Warbirds of America will broadcast a Webinar called “Flying FIFI”: The History and Operation of the Only Flying B-29.The CAF’s Steve Buss and Brad Pilgrim will be leading the webinar! GoToMeeting

Today in Aviation Histroy: March 26, 1950

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

March 26, 1950 saw the first flight of Douglas Aircraft’s troubled A2D Skyshark, developed as part of the T40 program for the US Navy. A string of mechanical issues cast serious doubt on the Skyshark’s […]

Month: March 2013

Spitfire with a Racing History Makes Progress in Restoration

B-25 Showcase #4 – Greg Witmer’s 2012 TICO B-25 Slideshow

Cleveland’s U.S. Aviation Museum In The Process Of Restoring Vintage Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Today In Aviation History: March 27,1936

Rare Flying Bomb Completes Restoration

B-25 Snapshot #3 – Old Glory

B-25 Showcase #2 -Larry Kelley’s B-25J ” Panchito”

CAF’s FIFI and Diamond Lil to Attend EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh

EAA Webinar Flying “FIFI”

Today in Aviation Histroy: March 26, 1950

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