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RAF Museum Conference: New Thinking in Air Power

June 30, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Tickets are now available for Royal Air Force Museum’s ‘New Thinking in Air Power’ conference on September, 16-17, 2021. The conference will bring together academics and scholars to present Air Power research which challenges the […]

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

June 30, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

It has been a couple of months since our last report on progress with the restoration of Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver Bu.83393 at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, but a lot has […]

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Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Republic P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt

June 29, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 4

Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific airframes with a highly detailed series of walk-around images […]

Convair B 36J Peacemaker on display in the Cold War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock

National Museum USAF to Open an Aircraft One Day Each Month

June 29, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE -The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will continue to provide the unique opportunity for visitors to get an up-close look inside a different aircraft from the collection each month on select […]

C-53 ‘Beach City Baby’ Receives Her Nose Art

June 29, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra and Vintage Wings Inc. in resurrecting combat-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095 over the past few years. They have successfully returned […]

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English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680 Flies

June 28, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

After a significant effort over a number of years, we are happy to report that the Temora Aviation Museum successfully performed a test flight with their English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680 on June 27th, 2021. […]

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

June 28, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the April/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 […]

Month: June 2021

RAF Museum Conference: New Thinking in Air Power

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

Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Republic P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt

National Museum USAF to Open an Aircraft One Day Each Month

C-53 ‘Beach City Baby’ Receives Her Nose Art

English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680 Flies

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

Then and Now: A Return to Bodney with 352nd FG Mustang ‘Miss Helen’

June 27, 1923, The First Successful Aerial Refueling

June 26, 1948 – The First Day of The Berlin Airlift

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

B-17E “Desert Rat” Restoration Update – Winter 2024