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Military Aviation Museum’s New Webinar Series

April 19, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia has begun what promises to be a fascinating series of webinars covering a variety of subjects varying from the WWII era aircraft in their collection, to significant aircraft […]

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CAF Launches Campaign to Expand by Adding Local Units

April 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) – the world’s largest flying museum announced plans to create new CAF Units in selected cities across the country. The organization has identified four locations to focus […]

Fagen Fighters’ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – April, 2021

April 16, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

With the recent arrival of their freshly restored Grumman Hellcat, which we reported on a couple of days ago, comes news from the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum about progress with their ultra-rare Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver Bu.83393. […]

Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow Update

April 15, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

With the air show world sensing a much-hoped-for return to normalcy beginning to arrive, the legendary biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow in Wanaka, New Zealand is already making plans for their event over the […]

Platinum Spotlight: 1945 Supermarine Spitfire XVIe

April 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

A magnificently restored Supermarine Spitfire MK.XVI has just come up for sale with our sponsors at Platinum Fighter Sales. She is a former RAF example, serial number TE392, and readers might remember our January 2020 article where we […]

Remembering Operation El Dorado Canyon: 35th Anniversary

April 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Capt Gregory Ball, USAFR, Ph.D. Since the 1960s, the relationship between the United States and Libya was marred by accusations of terrorist activity and charges of weapons smuggling and espionage. Tensions between the two nations […]

The Museum of Flight – Calling All WWII History Buffs

April 13, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

To help relieve the boredom and frustration in these semi-sequestered times, the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has come up with a couple of online ideas which might prove entertaining/educational for many of us. […]

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Fagen Fighters’ Hellcat Arrives at Her New Home

April 13, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

While we reported the exciting news this January concerning the first post-restoration flight of Grumman F6F-5 BuNo.78645 at Fighter Rebuilder’s facility in Chino, California, we now have news that Steve Hinton has flown the aircraft […]

Gainesville’s NATA Formation Clinic

April 13, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Between April 8th and 12th, one of the several formation clinics which the North American Trainer Association (NATA) holds annually took place at Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida. The event saw roughly 65 pilots […]

Vostok 1: 60th Anniversary of Historic First Human Spaceflight

April 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Sixty years ago Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space – and on Sunday, Russians gathered to remember his achievement. Thousands of people joined the celebrations in Saint Petersburg to watch a […]

Month: April 2021

Military Aviation Museum’s New Webinar Series

CAF Launches Campaign to Expand by Adding Local Units

Fagen Fighters’ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – April, 2021

Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow Update

Platinum Spotlight: 1945 Supermarine Spitfire XVIe

Remembering Operation El Dorado Canyon: 35th Anniversary

The Museum of Flight – Calling All WWII History Buffs

Fagen Fighters’ Hellcat Arrives at Her New Home

Gainesville’s NATA Formation Clinic

Vostok 1: 60th Anniversary of Historic First Human Spaceflight

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group Achieves Major Milestone

AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Restoration Report – Fall 2024 Update

Mid America Flight Museum Releases Update on B-17G ‘Thunderbird’

Matt’s Gnat: A Red Arrows Jet Restoration Downunder