Vintage Aviation News

2nd Annual TBM Gathering

January 31, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Stephen Chapis In April 2016 90 Tons of Turkeys Invade Illinois. Noted TBM owner Brad Deckert organized the 1st Annual TBM Avenger Gathering, a 3-day event, at Illinois Valley Regional Airport (KVYS) in Peru, […]

Reevers B 25J Mitchell By Phil Buckley10

Reevers Warbirds’s B-25 “Lucky Lady” Update

January 30, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 8

By Phil Buckley Reevers Warbirds, in Adelaide, Australia, moved its NAA B-25J Mitchell s/n 44-31508 from its long term storage in Port Adelaide to a new secure hangar at Parafield Airport in northern Adelaide over […]

London Gate Guardians to Fly to Cosford

January 27, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

Both Gate Guardians will be returned back to the Museum’s London site in time for the Museum’s commemorations and celebrations of the centenary of the foundation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 2018. […]

Glenn H. Curtiss Museum P-40 Restoration

January 27, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Stephen Chapis In August 2011, the Restoration Shop at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum purchased the remnants of 3 P-40 Warhawks, one of which is being restored to display condition. Two of the aircraft were […]

Final Farewell to USS Enterprise

January 27, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 7

The US Navy will decommission the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier next week. The USS Enterprise played a major role in world events that included the Cuban Missile Crisis to the wars in Iraq and […]

Pioneer of Tactical Airlift visits MacDill AFB

January 25, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

It’s World War II and Nazi Germany occupies France, an Allied nation. Somewhere in the moonlit French countryside, a modified B-24 Liberator flies overhead. Painted matte black, and stripped of unnecessary equipment, this B-24 is […]

The Museum of Flight Remembers Fallen Astronauts

January 23, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

From Jan. 27-Feb. 5 the Museum pays tribute to the astronauts who were lost in the quest to explore outer space. The astronauts of Apollo 1, and of shuttle missions STS-51-L Challenger and STS-107 Columbia […]

10th Anniversary Celebrations For the National Cold War Exhibition

January 23, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

On Tuesday 7 February 2017 the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be marking the 10th anniversary of the award-winning National Cold War Exhibition with a special event for aviation fans. The £12.5 million landmark […]

Memphis Belle to be Placed on Public Display in May 2018

January 18, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 3

One of the most recognizable symbols of World War II will once again report for duty exactly 75 years after its crew finished their last mission in the war against Nazi Germany on May 17, […]

The Last of the Breed – Mike Porter’s Atomic Stearman

January 18, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Matt Jolley Atomic Stearman? Yes, believe it or not, around fifty Stearman biplanes were still flying in the United States Air Force at the beginning of the atomic age. It wasn’t until 1949 the newly minted United States […]

Month: January 2017