Vintage Aviation News

F-104 Record

December 14, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 4

Fifty eight years ago today, a F-104C piloted by Lt William T. Smith and Einar K. Envoldson from the 538th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, zoomed to 103,395 feet setting a world altitude record. Designed as a supersonic […]

B9A0408 Richard Mallory Allnutt photo AirVenture Oshkosh WI July 28 2016

The Final Flight for the F-4 Phantom Set For Next Week

December 14, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 2

The final flight and retirement ceremony for the venerable F-4 Phantom will be December 21st at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. The Phantom is still in active service at Holloman with Detachment 1 of the 82nd […]

de Havilland Mosquito TV959 Arrives at Flying Heritage Collection!

December 14, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

Yesterday, another jewel for Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection arrived at the organization’s Paine Field facility in Everett, Washington, after a long journey by sea from New Zealand. Museum staff carefully unloaded the de Havilland Mosquito T Mk.III, RAF serial […]

A VETERAN’S STORY: From Boy to Radio Man

December 13, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

When asked why folks call him C.R., the interviewee responded, “Well, try to write down Clifford Robert McCullough on most documents and there just ain’t enough space.” Born and raised into a Rockdale County share-cropping […]

Ghosts of Pearl Harbor: Saving the Crossroads to Marine Aviation in the Pacific Theater

December 7, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

On this day, the 75th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, we at WarbirdsNews thought our readers would be interested in learning more about a largely forgotten target of the Japanese forces that infamous […]

Italian Air Force F-51D Mustang Recovered From Lake Garda

December 6, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

On December 2nd, as reported by Giornaledbrescia, the Associazione Volontari del Garda (Garda Volunteers Association) recovered the substantial remains of an Italian Air Force F-51D Mustang from Lake Garda in northern Italy. This aircraft crashed into […]

XP-82 Twin Mustang – November 2016 – Restoration Update

December 5, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his workshop in Douglas, Georgia. Here’s what they’ve been up to this past month! First of all, the project is fully moved into […]

Finding Closure: Unique Encounter Ends Seven Decades of Emptiness

December 2, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

Evidence of the source of her pain rested within the contents of a few boxes of loosely sorted photos and scattered war medals, along with some stories reluctantly voiced by her father’s fellow crew members. […]

Twin Pin Revival – A Classic Warbird Transport Comes Back to Life Down Under

December 2, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

A rare, ex-military aircraft is currently under restoration to fly at Wedderburn Airport near Sydney, Australia. WarbirdsNews dedicated Antipodean correspondent, Phil Buckley, recently paid a visit, and this report describes what he found. Owned by Richard […]

P 51C Tuskgee Airmen 1 photo courtesy AirCorps Aviation copy

P-51C Mustang “Tuskegee Airmen” is Back in the Air

December 1, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 2

The CAF Red Tail Squadron‘s P-51C Mustang has successful returned to the sky earlier today. The aircraft had been out of commission for eight months to undergo careful and meticulous repair following a hard landing. […]

Warbird Restorations

Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

Scott Thompson of AeroVintage recently shared an update on the AeroVintage website about two of the three B-17s currently at Madras, Oregon, with the Erickson Aircraft Collection. The post highlights ongoing wing restoration work on one aircraft and the start of disassembly on another. […]

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