Vintage Aviation News

A VETERAN’S STORY: Flying Fabric and Piloting Plywood

June 19, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Pete Mecca Like a deadly cobra, colorful anti-aircraft tracers swivel and coil around your aircraft; the flak is thick as molasses, and you and your passengers are going down. The normal descent is 72 […]

EC-121 “Warning Star” Moving to the Yankee Air Museum

June 19, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 12

As previously reported by WarbirdsNews, the Yankee Air Museum has launched the “The Warning Star Rescue Project” to save a Lockheed EC-121K Warning Star, and move it to their facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan. A team has been disassembling the […]

Newly-Restored Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik Flies in Russia

June 19, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 8

On June 16th, 2017, a newly restored Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik took the skies over the Siberian Research Institute of Aviation (SibNIA) airfield in Novosibirsk, Russia. This WWII vintage attack aircraft is only the second of its type currently […]

Vintage Wings of Canada Roseland Spitfire Photo by Peter Handley

The First Flight of the Roseland Spitfire

June 18, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Dave O’Malley Arnold Roseland was just 28 years old when he died in an aerial gunfight over Normandy in the summer of 1944. He had fought both the Japanese in the Aleutians and the […]

DC 3 aircraft in preparation for integration on the Air Force MQ 9 Reaper 002

The Immortal DC-3 Still Used for Modern Flight Testing

June 16, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 6

As most WarbirdsNews readers are well aware, the Douglas DC-3, along with its more prolific military variants, is an extraordinarily capable aircraft. Adapted from the Douglas Sleeper Transport, or DST, Donald Douglas could never have imagined […]

2017 Breckenridge Air Show Photo By Zane Adams.19.11 PM

Breckenridge Air Show Report

June 15, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 4

For many in the southwest, the word Breckenridge evokes memories of high flying warbird airshows and great camaraderie between pilots, operators and fans. After a 21 year hiatus, one of the most well attended and […]

13th Bomb Squadron: “Appropriating” Bomber Once Again

June 15, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

Nearly 75 years ago, the 13th Bomber Squadron was anxious to take the fight back to the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Their only issue? They were without any aircraft. Forward deployed at […]

HARS Wirraway Restoration Update

June 13, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Phil Buckley A rare CAC Wirraway CA-3 Mark II is under rebuild within the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society’s workshops at Albion Park Airport, south of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. As most readers will know, […]

Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets IV Flies B-29 “Doc”

June 12, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

Wichita’s beloved B-29 Superfortress, “Doc”, took to the skies yet again June 9, from McConnell Air Force Base, this time with an added aspect of historical significance and Air Force heritage. Sitting in the […]

TF 51D B 24J B 17 and B 25 of the Collings Foundation.

“Wings of Freedom Tour” to Visit The Museum of Flight

June 8, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

The steady rumble of World War II airplanes will resonate at The Museum of Flight June 23-25, when the Collings Foundation “Wings of Freedom Tour” will visit The Museum of Flight. Ground tours and flights […]

Month: June 2017