Vintage Aviation News

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 […]

Filming The Rescue of The B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell”

September 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

If you are a warbird enthusiast you must have watched the documentary “The Restorers” at least once. The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers has earned two Emmy awards in 2012. Producer Kara Martinelli and […]

Great Georgia Airshow Line-Up Set, Ready To Fly

September 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

PEACHTREE CITY, GA (September 25, 2013) – It’s a weekend filled with breathtaking aerial stunts, roaring jet trucks, rock concerts, fireworks and activities for fun seekers of all ages. The Great Georgia Airshow (GGAS) will […]

Air Show Report:Wings Over Gatineau

September 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Richard Mallory reports: Vintage Wings of Canada’s annual aerial extravaganza, Wings Over Gatineau, has fast become one of the North America’s “must-see” air shows. Located in Gatineau, Quebec, just a few miles east of Canada’s […]

Update On The Vulcan XH558

September 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

We have recently reported that the Vulcan XH558 had to cancel the remaining flights this year due to the fuel tank issue. Now the management have turned the attention to securing the necessary funding to […]

A Night Flight With S. Elmo, Flying the A-26 Invader in Vietnam

September 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

“On a summer night in 1967, my navigator and I launched from a remote jungle airfield west of the Mekong River for an interdiction mission in Laos over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. We were […]

Vietnam “Welcome Home” Parade and Event

September 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

This Saturday, September 28, we will finally give the Vietnam veterans the “Welcome home” they should have received 40 years ago.Beginning at 11:00 am, there will be a parade in downtown Fayetteville, including a flyover […]

The Replica of The Legendary Avro Arrow Will Be Moved Into a Storage Facility

September 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Avro Arrow (CF-105) was an advanced, supersonic, twin-engined, all-weather interceptor jet aircraft developed by A.V. Roe of Canada until the government’s controversial cancellation of the project in 1959. The controversy engendered by the cancellation […]

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