Vintage Aviation News

Hangar Dance Re-Lives the 1940s Decade

March 3, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE – On Saturday, April 18, 2015 the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing will host “Keep ‘em Flying”, a World War II-theme hangar dance and dinner, complete with big-band performances and 1940s Hollywood […]

The CAF Central Texas Wing Receives Grant for Historic Hangar

March 3, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

The CAF’s Central Texas Wing, also called CenTex Wing, based in San Marcos, Texas received a grant of $25,000 from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). The grant money will be used to assist the […]

Tuskegee Airmen Next Weekend in Pompano Beach

March 3, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Minneapolis, Minn. – March 3, 2015 – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, is bringing its RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit mobile theater and WWII […]

WWII Fighter Pilot Reunited With P-47

March 3, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 4

DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFNS) — Sitting in a wheelchair with images of airplanes on his shirt and a U.S. Army Air Corps hat on his head, 92-year-old retired Air National Guard Chief Warrant […]

Women in The RAF – Stars Through Adversity

March 1, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Next month will see events all around the world celebrating International Women’s Day, held on 8 March each year. This annual celebration is an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of women while […]

NACA Centenary Symposium at Smithsonian March 3-4, 2015

February 28, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Press Release: Before there was NASA, there was the NACA. On March 3, 1915, Congress established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, or N-A-C-A, “to separate the real from the imagined and make known the […]

Northrop P-61 Black Widow – February 2015 Restoration Update

February 27, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

WarbirdsNews recently heard from Russ Strine who runs the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania. As most of you will know, his museum is rebuilding the Northrop P-61B Black Widow (42-39445) which they recovered […]

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Privateer Airborne

February 26, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 25

With the recent first post-restoration flight on February, 20th of a rare Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer in Casa Grande, Arizona, WarbirdsNews thought our readers would like to learn more about the project, as well as the […]

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Evening Airshow For Warbirds Downunder 2015

February 25, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Temora Aviation Museum, one of the great antipodean flying museums, will be holding their biennial air show, Warbirds Downunder 2015, on Saturday, November 21st at the historic WWII-era Temora Aerodrome in New South Wales, Australia. […]

Ponderous Polly – Resurrection of a C-123 Provider

February 25, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

The Warriors & Warbirds flying collection in Monroe, North Carolina has been going for almost ten years now. They have become well known for their flying displays, including paratrooper drops, from a Curtiss C-46 Commando nicknamed “Tinker […]

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