Vintage Aviation News

Pacific Aviation Museum Awarderd TripAdvisor Recognition

January 20, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor has been named Hawaii’s “#1 Historical Spot Worth Traveling For” by FlipKey®, TripAdvisor’s® leading vacation rental service. Based on industry research and traveler feedback, FlipKey® named the […]

Curtiss P-40N Warhawk “Bonnie Kaye”

January 19, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 3

The world gained another airworthy Curtiss Kittyhawk when P-40N 42-105120 took to the skies on the morning of Monday, January 11th following a ten year restoration with Chris and Gail Kirchner’s C&G Air at the Leeward Air […]

Midland Army Air Field Museum to Open Soon

January 18, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

Article originally published on the Commemorative Air Force‘s website The CAF’s High Sky Wing is proud to announce the CAF Airpower Museum in Midland, Texas will soon reopen as the Midland Army Air Field (MAAF) […]

Aircraft Anniversaries Part of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016

January 17, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

More than a half dozen types of airplanes will be celebrating special anniversaries in 2016, and owners of those aircraft are commemorating the occasion at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, the perfect place for aircraft and […]

Image Working on airplanes in the original Boeing factory in the 1910s.

Museum’s Entertaining New “Centennial Weekends” Open Jan. 23

January 17, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Winter is sensational at The Museum of Flight, with lively weekend celebrations of the 2016 centennial of The Boeing Company. Centennial weekends will send you into another decade beginning with the early […]

Dramatic New Livery for Starfighter!

January 17, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 5

The F-104 Starfighter is one of those rare aircraft which looks menacing in almost any markings, but apply an all-over matte black paint scheme and it takes on an utterly lethal air, even when sitting on […]

The Museums Boeing 727 prototype at the 727 Rollout ceremony on November 27 1962.

First Boeing 727 Airliner Almost Ready for February Flight

January 15, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 5

PRESS RELEASE – The Museum of Flight is now within a few weeks of finishing a 25-year effort restoring the historic, first Boeing 727 and flying it to the Museum for permanent exhibition. This unique […]

MiG-23 To Fly At Thunder Over Michigan

January 15, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

With great thanks to our friends at AirshowStuff.com comes news that Warbirds of Delaware will bring their MiG-23 Flogger to the 2016 Thunder Over Michigan! Warbirds of Delaware’s site lists two MiG-23s in their collection. […]

Guardians at Sunrise

January 15, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

A New Jersey Air National Guard F-84F Thunderstreak static display aircraft sits on the grounds of the 108th Wing at sunrise on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 11, 2016. The 108th Wing flew the Thunderstreak […]

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Fourth Building to Open June 8

January 13, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE – The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s new $40.8 million fourth building including aircraft such as SAM 26000 (Air Force One) and the only remaining XB-70 Valkyrie, will open to the […]

Month: January 2016