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IWM Duxford Flying Week

June 25, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

By George Land On Sunday, June 20th the third IWM Duxford Flying Day took place at the Imperial War Museum’s historic Duxford aerodrome. And on Wednesday and Thursday of this week more flights took place, a […]

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FIAT Cr.42 Restoration Update – June 2021

June 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

While it has been a while since our last update on progress with The Fighter Collection’s (TFC) ultra-rare Fiat CR.42 Falco restoration, we have learned of a marvelous collaboration behind the scenes to help return this charismatic […]

The First Production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair

June 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

On June 24, 1942, the first production Vought-Sikorsky F4U-1 Corsair, Bu. No. 02155, made its first flight at Stratford, Connecticut (some sources indicate June 25, 1942). The Corsair was designed by Rex Buren Beisel, and […]

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Military Aviation Museum’s Virginia Warbird Weekend

June 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

“Welcome to the South Pacific!” by Lynn Ritger Photos by Lynn Ritger, Kenny Reese and Ricardo von Puttkammer Standing in a sweat-soaked flight suit in the midst of our encampment with its 48 star garrison […]

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San Diego Air & Space Museum Hosting Apollo 15 Anniversary Celebration

June 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is proud to be the one-and-only host of the official Apollo 15 50th Anniversary, the most complex and carefully planned scientific expedition in the history of exploration.” Clearly […]

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 Welcomes More Top Aerobatic Performers

June 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

More of the world’s top air show performers have committed to perform at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 fly-in as part of the afternoon and night air show lineups. EAA AirVenture 2021 is July 26-August […]

Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration – Spring 2021 Report

June 23, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We have periodically presented reports by Chuck Cravens detailing the restoration on an ultra-rare Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita WWII advanced, multi-engine trainer, but it has been almost a year since our last update. As mentioned in […]

Norman Chapman Celebrates His 100th Birthday at Duxford

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Richard Paver On June 14th, I was invited to Duxford to attend Norman Chapman’s 100th birthday party. Norman was one of the pioneering engineers in the UK warbird movement, and for many years he restored, […]

Navy Wings’ Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281 Declared a Write-Off

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

As we noted earlier this month in our update on the Navy Wings Collection, the organization was assessing the future of their Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281, which was involved in a serious forced landing […]

G for George Disassembled

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Wing Commander Mary Anne Whiting The iconic Lancaster ‘G for George’, code AR-G, serial number W4783, operated by No. 460 Squadron during World War II, was recently disassembled by a team from the Air […]

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