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RAF Museum Cosford: Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster fly in for Large Model Air Show

June 27, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

RAF Museum Press Release: A flypast from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which will include a Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster, is set to wow crowds at the forthcoming Large Model Air Show taking place at […]

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Duxford Air Festival – Air Show Report

June 25, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Duxford Air Festival 2019 by George Land The Duxford Air Festival opened the 2019 air show season for Imperial War Museum Duxford over the weekend of May 25/26. The show’s organizers chose a line up […]

Doc’s Friends to Host C-47 ‘Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber’ at Open House June 29/30

June 22, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Doc’s Friends, the group which restored, maintains and operates the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc, has announced a special open house at their facility in Wichita, Kansas over the weekend of June 29/30. The […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – May/June, 2019

June 21, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the May/June, 2019 report from Chuck Cravens concerning 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 […]

Commemorative Air Force, D-Day Squadron Aircraft Participate in Paris Air Show

June 21, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

Two World War II transport aircraft named, That’s All, Brother, and D-Day Doll, will perform at the Paris Air Show. Both aircraft are owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force, the world’s largest flying […]

RAF Museum Cosford – Summer of Spitfire

June 19, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will launch its ‘Summer of Spitfire’ at the Armed Forces Weekend celebrations taking place on 29 and 30 June. Summer of Spitfire will feature a season of family activities centred around one […]

First Post-Restoration Flight for Ultra-Rare Airco DH.9 WWI Bomber

June 18, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Historic Aircraft Collection’s extraordinarily rare, WWI-era Airco DH.9 light bomber took to the skies over Duxford Aerodrome on May 13th, 2019 for its first post-restoration flight following fifteen years of dedicated conservation and restoration […]

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum WWII Weekend 2019 – Air Show Report

June 17, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum WWII Weekend 2019 – Air Show Report By A. Kevin Grantham The twenty-ninth annual WWII Weekend (WWIIW) took place at Spaatz Field (Reading Regional Airport) in Reading, Pennsylvania, over the weekend of […]

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D-Day Squadron Responds to Current Events Surrounding European Commemorations

June 13, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

Wiesbaden, Germany – June 13th, 2019 – The D-Day Squadron, having just completed a successful overflight of the official ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy, released a statement to address […]

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Berlin Airlift – 70th Anniversary Celebrations

June 13, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

With the successful conclusion to the celebrations of D-Day + 75 in Normandy, France, some of the Douglas C-47s from the D-Day Squadron, along with others based in Europe, have continued onwards to Germany to help […]

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