Vintage Aviation News

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Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum Finds New Home

December 31, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The end of 2021 brings some welcome news, finally, with the Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum announcing that it has earned a reprieve from the permanent closure mooted in February. Located on the grounds of Marine Corps Air Station […]

CAC Wirraway Rescued from Lake Corangamite in Australia

December 30, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

As many readers will know, Australia’s Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) designed and built a number of different airframes based upon the North American Aviation NA-16, a trainer which eventually evolved into the legendary T-6 Texan/Harvard. […]

Warbird Highlights From 2021

December 28, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Despite the many hardships we have all endured this past year, 2021 did hold a number of positives for those of us with a passion for vintage aviation; this includes the return of major air […]

World Catalina News 2021

December 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

There has been a flurry of activity in the world of surviving PBY Catalinas and their many variants this year. To help summarize some of the more significant details, here is a comprehensive update based […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – October/November 2021

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

Warbird Digest has received the September/October, 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 […]

Fagen Fighters Warbird Ground Handling Equipment – 5% Christmas Sale

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

Back in November, we published an article describing how our sponsors at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum had designed and fabricated several items of ground handling equipment for servicing the warbirds in their collection. The […]

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Opens STEM Center

December 19, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum opened a 4,000 square foot Aviation Learning Center this week that will serve approximately 6,000 Hawaii students each year. “Our Pearl Harbor location deepens understanding of history as […]

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Seafire Mk.XVII SX336 Joins Navy Wings Heritage Flying Collection

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

During our recent article illustrating the first post-restoration flight for Supermarine Seafire F.Mk.XVII SX336, we hinted that this vintage maritime fighter aircraft would soon be in the news again – and that time has just […]

Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless Arrives at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

December 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in October, we reported that, following some 40,000 hours of volunteer labor, the restoration team at the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan had completed the restoration of Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless BuNo.2173. […]

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Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 156

December 16, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As many of our readers will be well aware, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is under restoration to airworthy condition with the Lincoln Aviation Heritage Center at former RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, England. […]

Month: December 2021