Vintage Aviation News

Newsreel Collection Possible Foundation for New South Carolina WWII Museum

June 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Former public relations executive and force behind the Doolittle Raiders 50th reunion held in Columbia, South Carolina, Marvin Chernoff proposes to open a WWII museum building upon the Movietone News Library collection already in the […]

National Airline History Museum to Commemorate Historic Coast to Coast Connie Flight

June 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The National Airline History Museum of Kansas City, Missouri is on a drive to raise $3.2 million for the restoration of its Lockheed Constellation and to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Howard Hughes’ record-setting cross-country […]

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National Warplane Museum Coming to Western New York

June 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The National Warplane Museum is returning to Geneseo, New York. In a recent press conference the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group announced that it had reacquired the name of the National Warplane Museum. “Today is a […]

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Alberta Aviation Museum CF104 Starfighter Restoration Progressing

June 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In an update on the Alberta Aviation Museum‘s recently acquired Canadair CF-104 Starfighter that we’ve been following, the plane has been undergoing restoration and the fuselage has been pulled on its own wheels with a […]

Texas Air and Space Museum Plans Major Expansion

June 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

With hopes to relocate and expand, the Texas Air and Space Museum of Amarillo, Texas has acquired about 20 acres that would significantly increase the museum’s ability to display and store aircraft. The property, anonymously […]

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Veteran Grumman Albatross Senselessly Destroyed in Italy

June 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 52

On May 17, 2013, a Grumman HU-16 Albatross displayed by the Museo dell’Aria del Castello di San Pelagio (Air Museum of San Pelagio Castle) in Padua, Italy was wrecked and turned into a heap of […]

Iconic Aermacchi MB-326 Jet Returns to Italian Skies

June 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

As we recently reported, this year marks the centenary of Italian aerospace firm Alenia Aermacchi, which got it’s start in 1913 with a crew of 10 employees building the first Nieuport-Macchi monoplane in 1913. In […]

The Jonathan Collection Brings WWI Reenactment to Italy

June 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Garbiele Lanzo Reports: We had the opportunity to visit the Jonathan Collection in the province of Treviso, in the northeast of Italy, at the private airstrip that the Jonathan Collection Foundation calls home. The foundation, […]

2013 Wings Wheels and Goggles Pre-War Rally June 8-9

June 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Harkening back to rallies of the early 20th century, when you couldn’t fly a plane or drive a sports car without protective eyewear, on June 8th and 9th at the Teuge airfield near Apeldoorn, Netherlands […]

Hangar 11 Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk Finally Breaks Cover With New Paint Scheme

June 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

As we’ve been following here at Warbirds News, The Hangar 11 Collection in North Weald, UK has been in the process of stripping their Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk G-KITT back to bare metal for a new […]

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