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Today in Aviation History – Robin Olds’ Final Combat Mission

September 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 4

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 23, 1967, Colonel Robin Olds, the Wing Commander of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Ubon-Rachitani Royal Thai Air Force Base, flew the […]

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More Little Lambs – Baa Baa Black Sheep Revisited

September 23, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

UPDATE: The Baa Baa Black Sheep book is currently in the works, the expected release date is September 21, 2024. If you would like to be notified and get your copy before anyone else, […]

Savoia-Marchetti S.55X Flying Boat – Rebuild Update – Fall 2021

September 22, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

For the past several years, we have been following the Savoia Marchetti Historical Group (SMHG) in Italy, and their efforts to build a faithful replica of the all-but extinct Savoia-Marchetti S.55X, the twin-hulled Italian flying boat […]

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Today in Aviation History – First Flight of The North American Aviation XB-70 Prototype

September 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 21, 1964, the first prototype North American Aviation XB-70A-1-NA Valkyrie, serial number 62-0001, flown by Chief Test Pilot Alvin S. White and Colonel Joseph […]

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Beach City Baby – Progress Update – September 2021

September 21, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra and Vintage Wings Inc. over the past few years as they have successfully pursued the resurrection of combat-veteran Douglas C-53 […]

Finding Loren – Documentary to Missing P-47 Pilot Premieres this Saturday

September 20, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Regular readers might remember a story we ran a few years ago which featured the family of a missing WWII P-47 Thunderbolt pilot, 1st Lt. Loren Hintz, and their efforts to locate the crash site […]

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Presidential VH-34C Choctaw Restored at Pima Air & Space Museum

September 19, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Pima Air & Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona is always on the go – so much so that it’s hard to keep track of the myriad new aircraft which they regularly add to their […]

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D-Day Veteran C-47 to Fly at Warbirds Over the Beach

September 17, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As we mentioned in August, the Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia will be holding their Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show over the weekend of October 2nd and 3rd, 2021. The event, one of the […]

American Airpower Museum D-Day Living History Flight Experience Returns (Oct.9, 2021)

September 16, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in July, we reported on the American Airpower Museum, and the success they had encountered in holding their C-47 D-Day Living History Flight Experience event which they held at their airfield in Farmingdale, New York. […]

The Museum of Flight and Japan’s Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum Sign Partnership Agreement

September 15, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum of Flight and Japan’s Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum signed a Partnership Agreement during a live virtual ceremony on Sept 14. Museum leaders and local elected officials were at each museum during the […]

Month: September 2021