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Military Renames Air Demonstration At Reno Air Races 2013 and Fleet Week To Overcome Budget Obstacles

May 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

warbirdsnews.dev has learned, from a source who asked not to be named, that the US Military is considering making an appearance at the Reno Air Races in 2013 and Fleet Week by cleverly changing the […]

Duluth Aviation Institute Recreating a Hundred Year Old Flying Boat From Scratch

May 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Duluth Aviation Institute of Duluth, Minnesota is in the process of completing a flying replica of the Benoist XIV flying boat named “Lark of Duluth” which debuted in Duluth in the summer of 1913.

Worlds Only Privately Owned Harrier to Perform at EAA AirVenture 2013

May 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The world’s only privately-owned flying BAE Sea Harrier F/A2 has recently been confirmed to appear at AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. Last appearing at Oshkosh in 2010, the jump jet has seen increased demand for air show […]

World’s Last Operational F-111 Goes on Display at Historical Aircraft Restoration Society

May 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

As we recently reported, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has been divesting itself of its remaining General Dynamics F-111 Aardvarks and the last one to remain operational, that flew at the series’ decommissioning ceremony […]

2013 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival Returns After Two Year Absence June 28-29

May 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

While this year’s show will be somewhat scaled-back from the last outing in 2010 which included performances by the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron who are currently grounded due to sequestration, the 2013 […]

English Electric Lightning Reunites With its Final Pilot 36 Years Later

May 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) located at the Old Sarum Airfield just North of Salisbury, UK has recently acquired an English Electric Lightning cockpit and arranged for a reunion with its last pilot, Squadron […]

Restoration of F/A-18 Fighter Jet for NMMC in the works

May 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The U.S. Marine Corps is soliciting proposals for the complete restoration of a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet for the National Museum of the Marine Corps (NMMC) in Quantico, Virginia.

Aviation Museum News

Month: May 2013

Military Renames Air Demonstration At Reno Air Races 2013 and Fleet Week To Overcome Budget Obstacles

Duluth Aviation Institute Recreating a Hundred Year Old Flying Boat From Scratch

Worlds Only Privately Owned Harrier to Perform at EAA AirVenture 2013

World’s Last Operational F-111 Goes on Display at Historical Aircraft Restoration Society

2013 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival Returns After Two Year Absence June 28-29

English Electric Lightning Reunites With its Final Pilot 36 Years Later

Restoration of F/A-18 Fighter Jet for NMMC in the works

RAF Museum Lancaster Flying Display to Honor Veterans June 2, 2013

Aero Vodochody Finds Cheaper Lodgings

Womans Name on Turret Leads to Identification of B-17 Debris in Italian Lake

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