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Embry-Riddle helps get ‘warbirds’ back to Normandy

May 25, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

Students and faculty of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will provide crucial weather support to 15 vintage World War II C-47s, DC-3s and variants, nicknamed Dakotas, as they cross the Atlantic to celebrate the 75th anniversary reenactment […]

Warbirds Over the Beach 2019 – Air Show Report

May 24, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbirds Over the Beach 2019 – Air Show Report By A. Kevin Grantham The Military Aviation Museum (MAM) near Virginia Beach, Virginia, is home to one of the largest collections of airworthy warbirds in the world. […]

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D-Day Squadron Update – Day 5 – May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

It has been a busy day for most of the flight crews in the D-Day Squadron. As of 9:00 am EST, Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber and Pan Am are both in the air heading for Reykjavik, Iceland […]

D-Day Squadron Update – Clipper Tabitha May Arrives Duxford – Others Depart Goose Bay

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

Clipper Tabitha May was the first of the fifteen Douglas transports that make up the D-Day Squadron to arrive in Duxford, England yesterday afternoon. The magnificent aircraft, resplendent in her vintage Pan American World Airways […]

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D-Day Squadron On The Way to Europe

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

The last week has seen a flurry of activity with the D-Day Squadron as crews prepared for the final push to get their Douglas transport planes to Europe to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the […]

D-Day Squadron Flypast Over Washington, DC

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

As the D-Day Squadron gathers their Douglas C-47s in Oxford, Connecticut in preparation for their imminent departure to Europe and the 75th Anniversary celebrations for D-Day this June, we thought it might be interesting for […]

Joint Base Andrews Air & Space Expo – Air Show Report

May 15, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Sights and Sounds of Freedom By A. Kevin Grantham Joint Base Andrews held their bi-annual AIR & SPACE EXPO over the May 10-12 weekend. This year was somewhat unusual as the show featured aerial […]

Signature Flight Support Reinforcing Logistics for D-Day Squadron

May 14, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

Oxford, Conn. – May 15th, 2019 – Signature Flight Support, the world’s largest network of Fixed Base Operations (FBOs), announced that it will partner with the D-Day Squadron in its journey to return original C-47 […]

Rare Reconnaissance Spitfire joins RAF Cosford Air Show Line Up

May 10, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Supermarine Spitfire Photo Reconnaissance PR. XIX PM651 will be the centre of a Museum display in the Air Show’s popular Vintage Village which transports visitors back to the 1940s. Visitors to […]

D-Day Squadron C-47s in Washington DC Area to Celebrate Overlord 75th

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

On Thursday May 9th, three of the anticipated six C-47s from the D-Day Squadron were on hand at Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Maryland in preparation for the formation flyover of Washington, DC and Arlington […]

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