Vintage Aviation News

World War I Drama Coming to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

August 30, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

Commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I as one of the nation’s premier historical aviation events brings the excitement and adrenaline of early air power to Ohio, Oct. 1-2 at the National Museum of […]

Kahului: Maui’s Naval Air Station Turned Airline Gateway

August 30, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Kahului: Maui’s Naval Air Station Turned Airline Gateway By: Matthew McDaniel On December 7th, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched its sneak attached on Pearl Harbor, grievously wounding the United States’ Pacific naval fleet. Yet, less […]

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Props & Ponies at the Heritage Flight Museum – Air Show Report

August 29, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Heritage Flight Museum’s Props and Ponies 2016 by Joe A. Kunzler The Heritage Flight Museum at historic Skagit Regional Airport near Burlington, Washington held their sixth annual Props & Ponies extravaganza on August 20th featuring the North […]

Air Force Flight Test Museum Taking in more NASA History

August 28, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

On June 1, 2012, Boeing’s Phantom Eye prototype autonomous unmanned aircraft system made its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base as part of a NASA Armstrong (formerly Dryden) Flight Research Center project.The slow-flying Phantom […]

Atlanta Warbird Weekend Invites Photographers for Rare Aviation Experience

August 22, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

Photographers are invited to participate in unique aviation workshops in conjunction with Atlanta Warbirds Weekend (AWW), Sept. 24 and 25 at Dekalb Peachtree Airport, Chamblee, Ga. 3G Aviation Media photo workshops are scheduled Saturday with […]

Phantom Flies Final Unmanned Mission

August 19, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

The QF-4 Phantom flew its final unmanned mission in the skies above White Sands Missile Range on August 17. During the flight, the unmanned aircraft served its primary mission as an aerial target and was […]

CAF High Sky Wing to Unveil Rare F-14 Restoration

August 19, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 8

As we reported three weeks ago, the Commemorative Air Force’s High Sky Wing, based in Midland, Texas was set to begin refurbishing Grumman F-14A Tomcat Bu.160403 on July 27th, 2016. This airframe, if you recall, is of […]

RAF Museum Cosford Evening Event

August 18, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

The doors to military aircraft spanning a history of more than eight decades will be opened up to visitors at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford next month during a special two night event. Aviation […]

F-100 Super Sabre – August, 2016 Restoration Report

August 18, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

F-100D Restoration Update by Richard Mallory Allnutt Over the past year, we have been following the restoration of a combat veteran F-100D Super Sabre at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia. The restoration team […]

Soest Air Show – Germany – August 19th – 21st 2016

August 17, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

At WarbirdsNews we like to hear from readers, and do our best to publicize vintage aviation events where we can. That is why we were very pleased to hear from Johannes Kleine about an air show taking […]

Month: August 2016