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CAF National Airbase Project, One Step Closer

November 10, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 2

Last week CAF’s CEO Steve Brown published an update on his blog about the CAF National Airbase project. In fact on Monday, the City Council’s economic development committee officially received details of the still-unofficial deal. […]

Airshow Report: Rathmines Catalina Festival

November 10, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Story and Photos by Phil Buckley The annual Rathmines Catalina Festival, held in late October at the old flying boat base in Rathmines, Australia, thrilled the crowd of over seven thousand people who attended. Rathmines is […]

Ex-Royal Navy Harrier T.8 Trainer to Fly in USA

November 9, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

It’s been seven years since former US Marine Corps aviator Art Nalls took center stage on the US air show circuit in his very own Sea Harrier FA2 fighter jet. He was the first and is so far […]

Norwegian CF-104D Starfighter Performs Afterburn Test Run

November 8, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 3

“Project 637” came a step closer to completion on October 20th. The team restoring a former Norwegian Air Force CF-104D Starfighter to flying condition successfully ran the aircraft’s engine with the afterburner in action. There was much […]

Book Review: SHOT DOWN,The True Story The B-17 “Susan Ruth”

November 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 7

For the first time, the full and complete story of the B-17 Flying Fortress Susan Ruth is shared in unbelievable detail.Shot Down was created from the vast number of letters and journals of Howard Snyder; […]

F 104 Starfighter Palm Springs Air Museum

Palm Springs Air Museum’s F-104 Starfighter Unveiling

November 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California will be holding a private dedication ceremony today commemorating three former F-104 Starfighter pilots with the unveiling of a freshly restored example of the famous “Missile […]

“Misty” Pilots Help Dedicate Museum’s Newly Restored F-100F Super Sabre in “Hands on the Plane” Ceremony

November 6, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 3

PRESS RELEASE — Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, “Misty” pilots reunited on October 30, 2014 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor on Ford Island, Honolulu, Hawaii. The day included a tour of […]

Steve Hinton Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by CAF Wings Over Houston Airshow

November 5, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 6

PRESS RELEASE – Aviator Steve Hinton was named the recipient of the 2014 Lloyd P. Nolen Lifetime of Achievement in Aviation by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) 30th Annual Wings Over Houston Airshow. In addition […]

School Children Will Commemorate The Fallen at Cosford

November 5, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday November 11th, at 10.45am in the Warplanes Hangar the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be commemorating The Fallen in a unique and special way this November, with some help […]

B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – September / October 2014 Update

November 5, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Sandbar Mitchell restoration team at the Warbirds of Glory Museum has been hard at work, as always, over the past two months. After carefully drilling out several thousand rivets, they have fully de-skinned the […]

Month: November 2014