Vintage Aviation News

Freedom Fighters: Diverse Identities in the RAF

May 31, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

This new RAF Museum workshop explores the lives of African, Caribbean, South Asian and Irish volunteers who served in the RAF despite being opposed to British rule in their home countries. Speakers will include Sunday […]

Flying Legends 2021 Cancelled

May 29, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

We just received word that the The Fighter Collection, in consultation with their hosts at the Sywell Aerodrome, have cancelled the Flying Legends air show which was due to take place over the weekend of July […]

Astronaut Joe Engle Exhibit Opens at EAA Aviation Museum

May 28, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE -The personal archives and memorabilia of astronaut Joe Engle, the only person to participate in the X-15, Apollo, and space shuttle programs, will go on display at the EAA Aviation Museum on June […]

X-Plane Files: THE LIFE OF X-1 ZERO SIX THREE

May 28, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

A little while back, we began a series of articles looking at the air-test work which NASA and its forebear, the N.A.C.A., conducted at their facility in the Mojave Desert, located within the massive military […]

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Frecce Tricolori Celebrate 60th Anniversary With Special Markings

May 26, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

While we don’t often cover modern military aviation, we thought that the 60th anniversary of the Italian Air Force’s famed aerobatics team, the Frecce Tricolori (Tricolor Arrows), was worthy of mention. Officially known as 313° Gruppo Addestramento […]

Paul Allen’s Project Aircraft Put Up For Sale

May 25, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

With the untimely passing of the legendary Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen in October, 2018, the historical aviation community lost a hugely significant benefactor. Not only had he established a ground-breaking museum, the Flying Heritage […]

Avro Anson Mk.I W2472 – Restoration Progress at RAAF Amberley Australia

May 25, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently paid a visit to the restoration workshops at the Aviation Heritage Centre within RAAF Base Amberley near Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. One of the projects underway […]

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Dutch Fokker D.XXI – Resurrection Update – May, 2021

May 25, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in February 2019, we published a story about ambitious plans to build an accurate, airworthy replica of the iconic, though all-but-extinct Fokker D.XXI fighter plane. The project is coming together under the direction of […]

Pima Air Museum Adds F-5E Tiger II and C-23B+ Sherpa

May 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona has recently added two new aircraft to their world-class collection of aircraft and historical aeronautica, a former U.S. Navy Northrop F-5E Tiger II (Bu.741564) and a […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – March/April, 2021

May 21, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Warbird Digest has just received the May, 2021 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 […]

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