Vintage Aviation News

Nimrod Tours Ready for Take-off

May 17, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – As May half term fast approaches, organisers at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford are gearing up for a busy week of family tours on-board one of the RAF’s most sophisticated aircraft. […]

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force fourth building to open June 8

National Museum USAF Fourth Building to Open with Public

May 17, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force visitors are invited to be a part of history during a ceremonial ribbon cutting event that will officially open the museum’s fourth building to the public on June […]

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‘Beach City Baby’ – A C-53 Skytrooper Will Rise Again

May 17, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 4

“A dream is deserving of nothing less than 110%.” It’s a simple line that Jason Capra, president and founder of Vintage Wings Inc., lives by. If you’ve not heard of Vintage Wings Inc. yet, that shouldn’t really be […]

CAF Dixie Wing Living History Series Presents the Role of “L-Birds”

May 16, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The many roles of liaison aircraft will be discussed May 21 in the third monthly Living History program presented by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing at Falcon Field in Peachtree […]

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World’s Last Surviving PBJ-1 Mitchell Flies Again!

May 15, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

On Sunday May 15th, at a little before 2pm local time, the world’s last known surviving PBJ-1J Mitchell took to the skies over Camarillo, California again, following a decades-long, down-to-the-last-rivet restoration with the Southern California (SoCal) Wing of the Commemorative […]

B-29 Doc Taxis Under Her Own Power For First Time!

May 12, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 4

More exciting news from Wichita, Kansas today, as on May 11th, 2016 the B-29 Superfortress known as ‘Doc’ taxied using her own engines for the first time since 1956. The restoration team needed to check […]

Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia’s 40th Annual Fly-In Plus Chipmunk 70th

May 11, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia’s 40th Annual Fly-In and the de Havilland Chipmunk’s 70th Birthday by Matt Savage Friday April 15th, 2016 saw the kick-off of the largest event in the Antique Aeroplane Association of […]

Aussie MiG-21U Mongul-B Status Update

May 10, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

by Phil Buckley Last year WarbirdsNews revealed the West Australian MiG-21U project belonging to jet warbird enthusiast, Adrian Deeth. As some may recall, Adrian’s jet is a twin seater trainer version of the famous Soviet […]

CAF P-63F Kingcobra Flies Again

May 9, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Without fanfare, the Commemorative Air Force’s Bell P-63F Kingcobra took to the skies again on April 14th, near Houston, Texas. The Kingcobra had been ground-bound since an October, 2013 belly-landing at Skywest Airport near Midland, Texas. As […]

The Museum of Flight Offers 1950s Weekend

May 9, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum’s next monthly Boeing Centennial Weekend, May 14-15, looks at Seattle life and aviation of the 1950s-when television invaded the living rooms, movies moved outside, airplanes became jets and fast dining became Dick’s Drive-In. […]

Month: May 2016

Nimrod Tours Ready for Take-off

National Museum USAF Fourth Building to Open with Public

‘Beach City Baby’ – A C-53 Skytrooper Will Rise Again

CAF Dixie Wing Living History Series Presents the Role of “L-Birds”

World’s Last Surviving PBJ-1 Mitchell Flies Again!

B-29 Doc Taxis Under Her Own Power For First Time!

Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia’s 40th Annual Fly-In Plus Chipmunk 70th

Aussie MiG-21U Mongul-B Status Update

The Museum of Flight Offers 1950s Weekend

A Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio Takes Shape in Norway

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group Achieves Major Milestone

AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Restoration Report – Fall 2024 Update

Mid America Flight Museum Releases Update on B-17G ‘Thunderbird’