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Warbird Profile: Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon

October 19, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

ATTU WARRIOR Text by Stephen Chapis Images by Luigino Caliaro The Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon was probably one of the least known bombers to have participated in the Second World War, and with just three examples […]

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Vought F4U-1 ‘Birdcage’ Corsair – Restoration Update – October, 2021

October 19, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

Over the past couple of years, we have been following the restoration of an extremely rare ‘birdcage’ variant of the Vought F4U-1 Corsair (BuNo.02449) undergoing restoration to flying condition at Vultures Row Aviation in Cameron Park, […]

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Grumman A-6E Intruder Arrives at Hickory Aviation Museum

October 18, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Hickory Aviation Museum in Hickory, North Carolina took delivery of a Grumman A-6E Intruder (BuNo.155629) on October 1st. A team of their volunteers had ventured up to Rhode Island over the previous week to […]

America Airpower Museum’s Haunted Hangar Halloween Party – A Child-Safe Place to Spend Halloween

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

Considering all we have been through these past eighteen months or so, it is good to see some semblance of normality returning, and especially for us in the aviation community. This is why it is […]

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Air Bridge to the Allies: Establishing US Army Air Forces Transatlantic Movement in World War II

October 15, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by John M. Caratola, PhD On July 15, 1942, a formation of six Lockheed P-38s and two B-17s from the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) were making their way across the northern Atlantic Ocean heading […]

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Today in Aviation History – Chuck Yeager Breaks The Sound Barrier

October 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 14, 1947, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a four-engine Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber, piloted by Major Robert L. Cardenas, took off from Muroc Air […]

Air Zoo to Celebrate Completion of SBD-2P Dauntless Restoration

October 14, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in June, we reported that the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan was working hard to complete the static restoration of a unique Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless. They needed to have the aircraft […]

Flyable CF-104 Starfighter for Sale

October 12, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Of all the supersonic interceptors which emerged during the 1950s, it is doubtful that any are as charismatic nor more futuristic-looking than the iconic Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. It is easily one of the most elegant […]

1st Lieutenant Charles E. Yeager with “Glamorous Glenn II” at USAAF Station 157 Raydon Suffolk England 17 October 1944.

Today in Aviation History – Chuck Yeager Becomes Ace In a Day

October 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 12, 1944, First Lieutenant Charles Elwood Yeager, Air Corps, Army of the United States (A.U.S.), shot down five Bf 109s in one sortie becoming “ace […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – July/August 2021

October 11, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has received the July/August, 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 see […]

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Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

Scott Thompson of AeroVintage recently shared an update on the AeroVintage website about two of the three B-17s currently at Madras, Oregon, with the Erickson Aircraft Collection. The post highlights ongoing wing restoration work on one aircraft and the start of disassembly on another. […]

Month: October 2021