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McDonnell F 4D 29 MC Phantom II 66 0267 flown by Madden and DeBellevue 9 September 1972 on display at the main gate Homestead AFB Florida

This Day in Aviation History – Charles B. DeBellevue Became the USAF Leading Ace of The Vietnam War.

September 9, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

On September 9, 1072, Captain Charles Barbin DeBellevue, United States Air Force, a Weapons System Officer flying on F-4D and F-4E Phantom II fighters, became the high-scoring American Ace of the Vietnam War when he and his […]

Combat Veteran Vought F4U-1 ‘Birdcage’ Corsair – Restoration Update

September 8, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 8

Back in July, we published a report concerning the extremely rare ‘birdcage’ variant of the Vought F4U-1 Corsair (BuNo.02449) undergoing restoration to flying condition at Vultures Row Aviation in Cameron Park, California. Quite a lot […]

Inside Issue #92 of Warbird Digest

September 8, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

I have just returned from ten days at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. While the numbers are not in, it was surely a record-breaking event. I can’t remember seeing that many airplanes there in the […]

Rathmines PBY Moving to RAAF Williamtown Aviation Heritage Centre

September 6, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

Back in 2014, our intrepid Antipodean reporter, Phil Buckley, brought us a story about a dedicated team laboring to restore a time-worn Consolidated PBY Catalina in Rathmines, Australia. Rathmines Park, nestled beside Lake Macquarie in […]

de Havilland DH.4B 1 S being service at Kelly Field 4 September 1922

This Day in Aviation History – Jimmy Doolittle’s First Transcontinental Crossing

September 4, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 4 1922 First Lieutenant James H. (“Jimmy”) Doolittle, Air Service, United States Army, made the first transcontinental crossing of the United States in a single day when he […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – June/July, 2021

September 2, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the June/July, 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: September 2021

This Day in Aviation History – Charles B. DeBellevue Became the USAF Leading Ace of The Vietnam War.

Combat Veteran Vought F4U-1 ‘Birdcage’ Corsair – Restoration Update

Inside Issue #92 of Warbird Digest

Rathmines PBY Moving to RAAF Williamtown Aviation Heritage Centre

This Day in Aviation History – Jimmy Doolittle’s First Transcontinental Crossing

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – June/July, 2021

This Day In Aviation History – Graduation of The First 10 Female Air Force Pilots

Why is the Iconic Martin Mars Not Fighting Fires?

Fancy Owning a WWII Canadian Air Force Base?

Today in Aviation History – The SR-71 Flew New York to London in Less Than 2 Hours

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 229

Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

B-17 Alliance Foundation Hosts Fundraiser To Support B-17 Lacey Lady Restoration

CAF P-47N Thunderbolt – Restoration Update – Winter 2024