Vintage Aviation News

Draken Receives Its First Mirage F1M

July 11, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

On July 5th, the first of 22 former Spanish Air Force Dassault Mirage F1M combat aircraft arrived at Draken International’s primary maintenance facility in Lakeland, Florida. As WarbirdsNews readers will remember, Draken purchased the fleet back […]

WWII Heritage Days 2019 to Honor 75th Anniversary of D-Day

July 10, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

The 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe will be commemorated around the world in 2019, and Georgia will be part of it with the 16th annual WWII Heritage Days, April 27-28, 2019, at […]

Another CAC Boomerang Nears Flight in Australia

July 9, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Tucked away in a hangar in Brisbane, Australia, a pair of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerangs are slowly coming back together, with one of them, CA-12 A46-54, coming very close to completion. A46-54 rolled off CAC’s […]

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc JG891 Flies Again

July 6, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc JG891 took to the skies again in England for the first time in some years on July 6th, with a successful hop at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire. Regular WarbirdsNews contributor George Land […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association EAA Air Adventure Museum in Oshkosh Wisconsin USA.

EAA Celebrates 35 Years of Air Academy By Opening Exhibit In Museum

July 6, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is celebrating 35 years of introducing youth to the world of aviation through the EAA Air Academy with a unique exhibit in the EAA Aviation Museum. The EAA Air Academy […]

Victory Aviation Introduces Jet Training in the SIAI-Marchetti S.211

July 6, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 2

The FAA recently gave Victory Aviation Company LLC permission to conduct flight training in their two Italian-made Marchetti S-211 jet aircraft. FAA regulations tightly restrict the commercial use of former military aircraft such as the […]

Inside Issue #79 of Warbird Digest

July 5, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

I am excited to announce a new addition to the Warbird Digest team. Many of you are familiar with John Dibbs’ wonderful photographs from the pages of this publication. John has joined the team as […]

Brewster F3A Corsair Takes to the Skies in Breckenridge, Texas

July 4, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The world’s sole surviving Brewster-built Corsair took to the skies again for the first time on July 4th – the perfect day for this moment! This is a remarkable day which many thought might never happen […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update May/June 2018

July 4, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the latest report from Chuck Cravens on the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see how […]

Yankee Air Museum’s C-47 Honors the 1st Air Commando Group

July 2, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 2

As WarbirdsNews reported a couple of weeks ago, Kalitta Air has been refurbishing the exterior of the Yankee Air Museum’s C-47 Skytrain at their maintenance facility in Oscoda, Michigan. Kalitta began their efforts, stripping the […]

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