Vintage Aviation News

Spitfire Fly-Over Honors Tony Gaze, Australian WWII Ace

August 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Temora Aviation Museum‘s Spitfire Mk VIII flew over a memorial service held in the Geelong Grammar School chapel in Geelong, Victoria yesterday, honoring the highly-decorated WWII fighter ace and later Gran Prix race car driver, […]

Airworthy de Havilland Mosquito Restoration Approaches Completion in Canada

August 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 19

In the comments section for our recent story on the first flight of the world’s only flying Mosquito, Warbirds News reader Paul Smith, tipped us off about another Mosquito that will soon be returning to […]

Vulcan XH588 Leads the Way in the Lifting of UK CAA Permit to Fly Flight Restrictions

August 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Last week the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that it would be easing restrictions on the operation of Vulcan to the Sky’s Avro Vulcan XH588, and henceforth the plane will be no longer be […]

F-104 Starfighter Veterans on the Ongena Touch-Roll-Touch Maneuver

August 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 19

You’ve probably seen this video before, Legendary Belgian Air Force Silvers Aerobatic Team member, William “Bill” Ongena performing a touch-roll-touch in a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, a plane that was infamously difficult to control at lower […]

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Lands at Air Mobility Command Museum

August 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Last week, a US Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy landed at the Air Mobility Command Museum, located at Dover AFB in Dover, Delaware. The plane arrived with just a few day’s notice, moved from its […]

World of Warplanes MMO Video Game in Final Beta Testing, Launching Soon

August 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Wargaming.net, the company responsible for the hugely successful Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game, World of Tanks, and funder of searches for buried Spitfires, has a game in the final stages of beta testing, that looks […]

CAF High Sky Wing Prepares for National Organization’s Departure From Midland, TX

August 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The relocation of the Commemorative Air Force’s national headquarters under the auspisises of the CAF’s “Airbase” reorganization plan that was announced earlier this year, recently narrowed down to eight locations, has the High Sky Wing […]

Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire, UK Set to Open Later this Month

August 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Jet Age Museum at Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton, UK is to reopen later this month, almost 13 years after it closed. Scheduled to open to the public on Saturday August 24th, the facility will […]

Presidential Lockheed Constellation “Columbine II” Seeks New Owner

August 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 17

The internet has lit up over the past couple of weeks, abuzz over the “discovery” of one of President Eisenhower’s Lockheed Constellations, reputed to have dodged the scrapper and presently languishing at the Marana Airport […]

Restoration of Prototype XP-82 Twin Mustang Makes Progress

August 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

We’re able to report significant progress in the restoration to flying condition of Tom Reilly’s North American XP-82 Twin Mustang, and what a project it is. As we recently reported, starting with what was, in […]

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