Vintage Aviation News

Sabre Reborn – The Decade-Long Restoration of F-86F 52-5116

July 17, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 3

The North American F-86 Sabre was a revolutionary aircraft when it first entered the scene in the late 1940s; the first American production fighter with a swept wing and transonic capabilities. It met with success […]

D-Day Squadron Participating in EAA AirVenture

July 16, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The D-Day Squadron, having successfully crossed the Atlantic with 15 C-47 and DC-3 aircraft, completing multiple paratrooper drops and a presidential flyover while participating in events including the 75th anniversary of the […]

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Collings Foundation’s Grumman F6F Hellcat Flies!

July 16, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Collings Foundation’s combat-veteran Grumman F6F-3N Hellcat Bu.41476 made its first post restoration flight yesterday in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Gary Norville’s American Aero Services brought the famed Grumman ‘cat back to life, as they […]

WWII Heritage Days 2020 to celebrate 75th Anniversary of World War II Victory

July 13, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The 75th anniversary of the Allied Victory in World War Victory will be commemorated around the world in 2020, and Georgia will be part of it with the 17th annual WWII Heritage […]

For the Love of the Mosquito Dream

July 11, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 1

Edited from an article by Travis Kircher for GlobalAir Glyn Powell has a special talent. He has the ability to raise the dead. Not people, mind you, but rather aircraft…. and more specifically, the de Havilland […]

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Hawker Hurricane Seven-Ship Formation at Old Warden

July 10, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

It is amazing how far the vintage military aviation movement has progressed in the last twenty years. So many aircraft, once thought impossible to restore, have now made it back into the skies. And while […]

Temora Aviation Museum Gifts RAAF Eleven Airworthy Warbirds

July 9, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

In an unusual deal, the Temora Aviation Museum (TAM) has gifted the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) with the ownership of eleven airworthy warbirds from their collection. The deal will help secure the continued operation […]

The Museum of Flight’s July Programs Celebrating the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

July 3, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Complementing the Museum’s exhibition done in partnership with the Smithsonian, Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission, showing now through Sept. 2, the To the Moon! program series presents the stories behind the artifacts, […]

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Hispano Buchon C4K.152 – First Post Restoration Flight!

July 2, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon C.4K-152 made her first post-restoration flight yesterday afternoon, less than a year after her refurbishment began with Air Leasing at Sywell Aerodrome near Northampton, England. Air Leasing’s principal, Richard Grace, was at […]

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‘Silver Spitfire’ Takes Flight

July 1, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Boultbee Flight Academy’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MJ271, aka the ‘Silver Spitfire’, has flown for the first time following her restoration with the Aircraft Restoration Company in Duxford, England. John Romain took the aircraft up for her […]

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