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Ohio Capital Budget Includes Funds For Historic Wright Brothers Factory

March 29, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE—Efforts to secure and restore the historic Wright brothers’ airplane factory have taken an important step forward with the inclusion of funding in Ohio’s capital budget bill. The budget bill for fiscal years 2015 […]

CAF Houston Wing Fly-In and Open House Set for April 12-13

March 28, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Houston Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) announced the annual Fly In and Open House will take place April 12 -13, 2014 at the West Houston Airport. The Fly-In and Open House is […]

Happy Birthday To The Consolidated PBY Catalina

March 28, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC The Consolidated PBY Catalina flew for the first time seventy-nine years ago today. The PBY was named “Catalina” for the resort island off the coast of California by the British, which […]

CAF’s F8F Bearcat Makes Rare Flight at Palm Springs Air Museum

March 27, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

The F8F Bearcat operated by the Commemorstive Air Force SoCal Wing will make a rare flight exhibition at the Palm Springs Air Museum this Saturday, March 29, 2014. The Flight Exhibition will take place following […]

Aerobatic Routine in the CAF Dixie Wing’s FG-1D Corsair

March 27, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing opened their 2014 air show season over the weekend of 15th/16th March at The Thunder in The Valley Airshow in Columbus, GA. with an acrobatics demonstration from the wing’s […]

138th Aviation Company Memorial

March 26, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 13

Beechcraft RU-21A “Ute” s/n 67-18113 was one of four RU-21A’s built for the US Army Security Agency developed for use in the latter years of the Vietnam War. The aircraft and its’ associated mission gear […]

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Helldiver Regains Her Wings

March 25, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 12

The National Air & Space Museum is hard at work preparing their rare Curtiss SB2C Helldiver for display. The restoration team re-attached the freshly painted wings this past Sunday in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration […]

Happy Birthday To The Vought F-8 Crusader

March 25, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 4

By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Fifty-nine years ago today, the Vought F-8 Crusader took flight for the first time. Pilots saw the Crusader as the ultimate dogfighter – light, maneuverable and packing heavy cannon armament. The […]

“DISCOVER YOUR FUTURE IN AVIATION” 5th Year at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor

March 24, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Young people interested in aviation as a career or hobby, schools, Scouts, and families will want to attend Discover Your Future in Aviation at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Saturday, March 29 from 10:00am to […]

Macchi C.205 Veltro Crash Site Excavation

March 24, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

On October 12th, 2013 the members of an Italian aeronautical historical research group called Gruppo Ricerche Storiche Aeronautiche (GRSA) recovered the remains of a Macchi C.205 Veltro piloted by Sgt.Maj. Angelo Zaccaria who crashed […]

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