Vintage Aviation News

Dyson Applies for Plane Display

March 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Dyson, the company famous for its revolutionary vacuums and other household appliances has submitted a request to their local planning commission to place an English Electric Lightning F.1A on display outside the visitors entrance to […]

March 18th

March 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Colonel General Ernst Udet, German ace pilot, downed his first opponent on this date in 1916: an aggressive attack, outnumbered against a formation of 23 French aircraft.

B-25 Association Membership reaches 50 Members

March 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

e-publications republished with the permission of B-25 MITCHELL ASSOCIATION B-25 BLAST #2 – MEMBERSHIP REACHES 50 MEMBERS After one week of operation, we are pleased to announce that membership in the […]

Dragon Rapide Nearing Completion in Belgium

March 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Brussels Aircraft Museum Restoration Society is nearing completion on the restoration project of de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide R5922. The aircraft is being returned to the 1947 configuration and mint green livery it wore […]

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F-104 Starfighter Makes Much-Anticipated Arrival At Alberta Aviation Museum Later This Month

March 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

An F-104 Starfighter will find its new home in the Alberta Aviation Museum located in Edmonton, Alberta on March 26. This comes after a year-long fundraising drive to raise the capital for purchasing it: tens […]

Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft

March 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA presents another installment of their Living History Event Day on Saturday, May 18. Named Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft, the event features a discussion panel of connoisseurs: historians, […]

Amelia Earhart Began An Attempted Global Circumnavigation Flight

March 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Renowned aviator Amelia Earhart began an attempted global circumnavigation flight on March 17, 1937, flying a Lockheed Electra from Oakland, California to Wheeler Field, HI in 15 hours and 47 minutes

Pearl Harbor Waco UIC Offered for Sale

March 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The 1933 Waco UIC, registration number NC13408 that was a witness to history is being spruced up and offered for sale by Vintage Aeroplane Europe. The plane was originally completed on June 9th, 1933, and […]

Canberra to go on Display in Florida

March 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

An English Electric Canberra, TT.18 WJ574 has recently been moved to the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida and is being prepped for static display. One of the most popular and successful of […]

B-25 Mitchell Association – B-25 CLASSICS- Issue Number 1

March 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

e-publications republished with the permission of the B-25 ASSOCIATION Here is an interesting story from 1943 by Peter J. Hennessey. I don’t know if he is still alive today. I put this up on www.B25.net about […]

Month: March 2013

Dyson Applies for Plane Display

March 18th

B-25 Association Membership reaches 50 Members

Dragon Rapide Nearing Completion in Belgium

F-104 Starfighter Makes Much-Anticipated Arrival At Alberta Aviation Museum Later This Month

Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft

Amelia Earhart Began An Attempted Global Circumnavigation Flight

Pearl Harbor Waco UIC Offered for Sale

Canberra to go on Display in Florida

B-25 Mitchell Association – B-25 CLASSICS- Issue Number 1

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group Achieves Major Milestone

AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Restoration Report – Fall 2024 Update

Mid America Flight Museum Releases Update on B-17G ‘Thunderbird’

Matt’s Gnat: A Red Arrows Jet Restoration Downunder