Vintage Aviation News

It’s Moving Day For The Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair

September 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

On Oct. 12 the Museum of Flight based in Seattle, WA makes big changes to the Great Gallery. The Goodyear F2G-1 Super Corsair will be moved out of its corner spot in the Great Gallery […]

The Luftwaffe in 1961 by Howard “Scrappy” Johnson, Part 1

September 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

Few days ago we have published an introductory article about Howard “Scrappy” Johnson. Scrappy an article about the Luftwaffe in 1961 when he was an advisor to the West German Air Force, Scrappy wrote this […]

B-25 “Yellow Rose” Getting a New Paint Job

September 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Last Thursday The -25 “Yellow Rose” of the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing was flown to Waco for the new paint job. Once there a crew of workers from the Centex Wing) took the […]

Your Next Airplane Could Be a MIG 21UM

September 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 17

Former Eastern block airplanes have been available on the market for quite few years now. We have typically seen L-29s, L-39s, Mig-17s however Mig 21s are more difficult to find one the market, especially the […]

Warbirds Over Wanaka, Ticket Sales up 20%

September 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Ticket sales for next year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow are up by twenty percent, compared to the same period prior to the 2012 airshow, according to event manager Mandy Deans. Ms Deans suggested more […]

Howard “Scrappy” Johnson,The Fighter Pilot

September 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 10

During my research for a book about the pilots who flew F-104 Starfighter I had the privilege to meet Howard C. “Scrappy” Johnson in his house in South Florida. After the visit we became “email-friends” […]

Imperial War Museum Autumn Air Show Tickets

September 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The tickets for the Autumn Air Show advance booking will be close on Monday 30 September. The Air Show is Sunday October,13 2013. This year the museum celebrates 40 years of air shows at IWM […]

Alfred “Al” Taddeo, Last of the ‘First Blues’

September 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Alfred ” Al” Taddeo, last surviving original Blue Angels team member, passed away Aug. 16 at a care facility in Newport Coast, Calif. at the age of 94 . Taddeo was born in Portland, Ore. […]

Creation of £75,000 Wargaming.net Interpretation Zone for Dornier 17 at RAF Museum

September 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In June the world witnessed the successful project to raise the only known German Dornier Do-17 bomber, from the waters of the Goodwin Sands, three miles off the coast of England. From October 16th the […]

Smithsonian Magazine Sponsors Free Visits To Museums Saturday September 28,2013

September 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

This upcoming weekend you can visit one of the many museums in the United States, including some of the nation’s finest museums. In fact the Smithsonian magazine will sponsor free visits on a certain day […]

Month: September 2013