Vintage Aviation News

Commemorative Air Force Announces 40th Anniversary Tour of the B-29 FIFI, Celebrates with SUPERFORTRESS Calendar

January 11, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE – The year 2014 marks the 40th year of flight with the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) iconic B-29 Superfortress, FIFI; queen of the CAF fleet. The airplane, rescued and restored by the CAF […]

Iconic NASA F/A-18 Temporarily Moved From Lancaster Baseball Stadium

January 10, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

As reported by the NASA website the iconic NASA F/A-18A , a popular landmark in front of “The Hangar” — the Lancaster Municipal Stadium — in Lancaster, Calif., for the past 17 years, was demounted from its pylon […]

Progress on B-29 “Doc”

January 9, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The restoration of the Boeing B-29 Superfortreess “Doc” is moving very fast. Steve Jantz, official photographer of Doc’s Friends, snet us an update and few pictures. Doc’s Friends is the group of business leaders from […]

Aviation Photography Workshop At Stallion 51

January 9, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

3G Aviation Media has begun a series of workshops to teach the skills necessary to pull off a successful sunset or sunrise static photo shoot. As stated by 3G, the mission of these workshops is: […]

The War Eagles Air Museum’s FJ-2 Fury

January 8, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Elena Early DePree The “FJ-2 Fury” was the Navy version of the F-86. These airplanes were delivered to the Navy in the autumn of 1952. After the Korean Conflict, the construction contract was reduced […]

Nose Of Comet Mk2 Saved by Volunteers

January 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Ian Wilson, a former Royal Air Force mechanic updated us on the Comet Mk2 named Sagittarius. Back in November the nose of the Comet Mk2 was saved by the Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) by […]

The Weather Channel’s Tribute to Bill Overstreet

January 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Warbirds News was contacted to assist the Weather Channel in the making of this short tribute clip to Bill Overstreet who recently died (Click HERE for the Article).He was 92. Considered by many a legend […]

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The Second Volume Of John Brennan’s Vietnam War Helicopter Art About To Hit The Market

January 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

Less than five weeks remain before the publication of “Vietnam War Helicopter Art: U.S. Army Rotor Aircraft- Vol 2” by John Brennan.After the success of the first volume the new photo-book will be published by […]

XP-82 Restoration December Update

January 6, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 2

Another step closer towards the completion of the XP-82 TWIN MUSTANG #44-83887.Since January 2013 Tom and Weezie have been installing systems in the center section and both fuselages at a rapid pace.They started sub-assembling all […]

What Future For The Evergreen Aviation Museum?

January 5, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

The world-class air museum developed by Evergreen International Aviation founder Del Smith may be in for some painful losses in the wake of the apparent collapse of Smith’s network of for-profit operation.The McMinnville, Oregon, museum […]

Month: January 2014