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Scenic Night Flights in the CAF Airbase Arizona’s Combat Veteran C-47A Skytrain

May 6, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force’s Airbase Arizona Flying Museum in Mesa, Arizona is offering two spectacular scenic night flights on May 7 and 21 at 7:30 p.m., each of which will offer unique and inspiring views of […]

Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery

May 5, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot, 185th Air Refueling Wing The National Guard paint facility in Sioux City, Iowa revealed a remarkable heritage paint scheme which they completed this week on an […]

Photo Courtesy of Michael Greisman – ‘Jews in Uniform’

Chelsea Foundation and Royal Air Force Museum Unveil New Exhibition Plans

May 5, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The partnership is sponsored by club owner Roman Abramovich and will support the expansion of the Museum’s Jewish ‘Hidden Heroes’ project which will feature a new Bomber Command exhibition at both the […]

CAF Missouri Wing Announces Wings Over St. Louis Memorial Day Weekend

May 5, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force’s Missouri Wing in Portage Des Sioux, Missouri has announced that their North American B-25J Mitchell 44-31385, nicknamed Show-Me, will fly into Spirit of St. Louis Airport near Chesterfield, Missouri for a three-day barnstorming aviation […]

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Freedom 7 – 60th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s Historic First Spaceflight

May 5, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Sixty years ago, at precisely 9:34am EST, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American, and only the second human being, to launch into space when his Mercury-Redstone rocket (MR-3) blasted off from launch pad […]

Super Student Flies in a Mustang!

May 4, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Project STRATOS embodies the Aerospace Center for Excellence’s (ACE) mission to Engage, Educate, and Accelerate the Next Generation of Aerospace Professionals. Stallion 51 believes in paying it forward and upward by mentoring […]

F-51s vs UFOs

May 4, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

by Stephen Chapis In the early months of modern Ufology, a pair of Air National Guard F-51 Mustangs engaged UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) in two separate incidents that became known as “The Mantell Incident” and […]

Doug Matthews’ North American F 86F 30 Sabre 52 5116

Classic Fighters of America: F-86F Performs First Engine Run

May 4, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

On Monday, May 3rd, Doug Matthews’ North American F-86F-30 Sabre (52-5116) performed its first engine test at the Classic Fighters of America facility in Titusville, Florida. We have been following this restoration project for some time […]

Warbird Adventures Will Move to Ninety Six, South Carolina

May 3, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

After 24 years of flight operations from Kissimmee Gateway Airport in Kissimmee, Florida, Warbird Adventures recently announced that they will be moving their business to a new location in Ninety Six, South Carolina. They chose […]

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s Annual WWII Weekend Air Show Returns

May 3, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

World War Two Weekend returns to the Reading Regional Airport this year after taking a year off because of COVID-19. The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s Annual World War II Weekend and “Gathering of Warbirds” is one […]

Year: 2021

Scenic Night Flights in the CAF Airbase Arizona’s Combat Veteran C-47A Skytrain

Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Repainted in P-47 Thunderbolt Heritage Livery

Chelsea Foundation and Royal Air Force Museum Unveil New Exhibition Plans

CAF Missouri Wing Announces Wings Over St. Louis Memorial Day Weekend

Freedom 7 – 60th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s Historic First Spaceflight

Super Student Flies in a Mustang!

F-51s vs UFOs

Classic Fighters of America: F-86F Performs First Engine Run

Warbird Adventures Will Move to Ninety Six, South Carolina

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s Annual WWII Weekend Air Show Returns

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’