Year: 2021

Carolinas Aviation Museum to Reopen in 2023

Carolinas Aviation Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate that has served as a hub of community engagement…

Macchi MB-326K Pilots Receive Type Rating

Back in late September 2019, we reported on the then-recent first flight of a 1970s-vintage…

Foundation Raising Money to Build Mini Aviation Library

One of our goals at WarbirdsNews/Warbird Digest is to share stories of organizations promoting education…

FM-2 Wildcat Joins Hickory Aviation Museum

As we reported previously, the Marine Corps decided to permanently close its only museum devoted…

Canberra B.6 XH567 – Restoration Update – August 2021

by Phil Buckley and John Fisher In Lakeport, California an English Electric Canberra B.6 is…

Obie’s Corsair

By Greg Morehead and Stephen Chapis Battle lines changed daily during the early dark days…

50 Years Since Apollo 15

The week between July 26th and August 7th, 1971 marked the 50th anniversary of the…

Today in Aviation History, Jacqueline Cochran Flew West

Jacqueline Cochran’s life was about risk and about triumph. A successful businesswoman and director of…

AuthentiKit: 3D-Printed Warbird Cockpit Flight-Sim Controls

While we typically publish stories about actual vintage military aviation in our articles, it is…

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – May/June 2021

Warbird Digest has just received the May/June, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration…