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San Diego Air & Space Museum Hosting Apollo 15 Anniversary Celebration

June 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is proud to be the one-and-only host of the official Apollo 15 50th Anniversary, the most complex and carefully planned scientific expedition in the history of exploration.” Clearly […]

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 Welcomes More Top Aerobatic Performers

June 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

More of the world’s top air show performers have committed to perform at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 fly-in as part of the afternoon and night air show lineups. EAA AirVenture 2021 is July 26-August […]

Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration – Spring 2021 Report

June 23, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We have periodically presented reports by Chuck Cravens detailing the restoration on an ultra-rare Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita WWII advanced, multi-engine trainer, but it has been almost a year since our last update. As mentioned in […]

Norman Chapman Celebrates His 100th Birthday at Duxford

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Richard Paver On June 14th, I was invited to Duxford to attend Norman Chapman’s 100th birthday party. Norman was one of the pioneering engineers in the UK warbird movement, and for many years he restored, […]

Navy Wings’ Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281 Declared a Write-Off

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

As we noted earlier this month in our update on the Navy Wings Collection, the organization was assessing the future of their Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281, which was involved in a serious forced landing […]

G for George Disassembled

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Wing Commander Mary Anne Whiting The iconic Lancaster ‘G for George’, code AR-G, serial number W4783, operated by No. 460 Squadron during World War II, was recently disassembled by a team from the Air […]

NASM’s New World War II In The Air Gallery

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

As many will recall, the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum (NASM) has been undergoing a multi-year, multimillion dollar overhaul of its entire campus on the Mall in Washington, DC. One of the key galleries […]

Supermarine Spitfire MH603 Performs First Engine Run

June 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

On June 16th, 2021 Supermarine Spitfire F.Mk.IX MH603 performed its first engine runs at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline was on hand to […]

The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot – June, 19-20 1944

June 19, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

From an original article by the Naval History and Heritage Command The U.S. Navy’s offensive in the Central Pacific gathered tremendous strength in early 1944 and moved to within striking distance of Japan. With the […]

MAAM WWII Weekend – Air Show Image Supplemental

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

As we reported last week, the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held their annual WWII Weekend extravaganza in the first weekend in June. Due to a miscommunication error (on your editor’s part), we ended up having two […]

Year: 2021

San Diego Air & Space Museum Hosting Apollo 15 Anniversary Celebration

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 Welcomes More Top Aerobatic Performers

Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration – Spring 2021 Report

Norman Chapman Celebrates His 100th Birthday at Duxford

Navy Wings’ Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281 Declared a Write-Off

G for George Disassembled

NASM’s New World War II In The Air Gallery

Supermarine Spitfire MH603 Performs First Engine Run

The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot – June, 19-20 1944

MAAM WWII Weekend – Air Show Image Supplemental

A Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio Takes Shape in Norway

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group Achieves Major Milestone

AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Restoration Report – Fall 2024 Update

Mid America Flight Museum Releases Update on B-17G ‘Thunderbird’