Vintage Aviation News

Eight Broken Bolingbrokes Go Towards One Flyer at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

September 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum of Hamilton, Ontario, is in the process of restoring a Bristol Bolingbroke Mk. IVT to flying condition. A variant of the Bristol Blenheim built under license by Fairchild-Canada, the Bolingbroke […]

RAF Vickers VC10 Aerial Refueling Tanker Arrives at Classic Air Force Museum

September 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

One of the final three flying Vickers VC10 jetliners left in the world landed last week at the Newquay Cornwall Airport in Newquay, UK where it will be joining the collection of aircraft in the […]

The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight From Within the Cockpit

September 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

As we reported yesterday, the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight (SwAFHF), a unique public/private organization that boasts an impressive fleet of airworthy warbirds, and the world’s largest collection of airworthy historic Saab fighter jets, has […]

Swedish Air Force Historic Flight Preserves Sweden’s Unique Military Aviation Heritage

August 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

In a relatively short time, the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight (SwAFHF) has built an impressive collection of airworthy warbirds, documenting the proud history of Flygvapnet, the Swedish Air Force. Though a relatively small country […]

Photoshop Magic on a F4U-1 Corsair

August 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Post by Warbirds News.

RAAF-Restored F-111C’s Tail Arrives Aboard RAAF C-17

August 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

As we wrote this morning, the Royal Australian Air Force, which recently had restored six of their venerable General Dynamics F-111Cs and distributed them on loan to museums around their country, is sending a seventh […]

RAAF-Restored F-111C Going to Hawaiian Museum in an Amazing Gesture of Goodwill

August 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

In surprising news, the Royal Australian Air Force, which recently had restored six of their venerable General Dynamics F-111Cs and distributed them on loan to museums around their country, is sending a seventh restored plane, […]

USAF Learjet C-21A Lands at the National Museum of the US Air Force

August 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

One of the US Air Force’s first C-21A aircraft landed at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio yesterday. The Learjet C-21A was the military version of the popular Learjet 35A […]

Famous Hoax WWI Dogfighting Photos Sell at Auction

August 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

A set of 34 famous black and white photos of WWI dogfights sold recently at auction in Australia for AUD$1,130 (+/- US$1,000), the only rub? They’re fakes. In the 1933, a woman who claimed to […]

RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway

August 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

It’s just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last surviving Dornier Do 17 was raised from the Godwin Sands off the coast of England. The remains of the plane […]

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