Vintage Aviation News

Race-Winning Harrier Acquired by Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

April 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hawker Siddeley Harrier XV744, the plane that won the London to New York contest of the Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race, setting a world-record transit time in the process, has been acquired by the Tangmere […]

Operation Spitfire Aims to Restore Stoke City Icon

April 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Reflecting the new paradigm of crowd-sourcing, Operation Spitfire is enlisting the public for assistance in restoring Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI RW388 and the updating of its exhibits. The 1945-built plane was donated to the City […]

“Sandbar Mitchell” Soon to be Retrieved from Alaskan River

April 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Two intrepid Michigan men returned from Alaska earlier this month, on a scouting mission in preparation for a June expedition to retrieve the remains of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber that has been sitting […]

RAFM Spitfire Journeys to Kuwait

April 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The British Royal Air Force Museum has sent their Supermarine Spitfire XIX PM651 to Kuwait as as part of the agreement inked between the RAF Museum and the Kuwait House of National Works in 2011 […]

Air Show Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2013

April 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The 39th annual Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In and Expo was quite a success, with a wide variety of aircraft both on display and in the air, and while we overheard some grumbling that the […]

Breguet “Deux-Ponts” Restoration Enters its 26th Year

April 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

At Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport in the Pyrénées region of France the daunting restoration of the behemoth that is the Breguet 765 “Deux Ponts” (Double Decker) is entering in its 26th year, having been started in […]

Texas Flying Legends to Bring 11 Warbirds to AirVenture 2013

April 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

EAA has confirmed that the Texas Flying Legends Museum will field a fleet of 11 warbird aircraft at EAA AirVenture 2013 which is being held July 27th through August 4th in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. All of […]

Centenary Celebration of the First Flight of the Sopwith Bat Boat

April 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the maiden flight of the Sopwith Bat Boat, the first successful flying boat built and flown in in the United Kingdom, there will a commemorative exhibition held […]

Yanks Air Museum Bomber Open Cockpit Day- 4/20/13

April 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California will be hosting their “Bomber Open Cockpit Day” on April 20, 2013 from 10AM to 3PM. The centerpiece of the day’s festivities will be the collection’s North American B-25 […]

RAFM-Cosford Shows Progress on Hampden Restoration

April 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the RAF Museum-Cosford held the latest of its popular annual open-house weeks recently, highlighting the progress on its restoration of its Handley Page HP.52 Hampden, registration number PI344. More […]

Month: April 2013