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INTO THE THIN AIR: F-104 Starfighter World Altitude Records

April 20, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Stephen Chapis When Lockheed Skunk Works unveiled the XF-104 in 1954, it possessed out of this world looks and performance. In 1958, just months after the F-104A entered service with Air Defense Command (ADC) […]

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High Level Aircraft Cleaning at RAF Museum Cosford

April 19, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The annual high level aircraft cleaning and inspection will take place at the RAF Museum Cosford on Thursday 29 and Friday 30 April. Work will be focused on the suspended aircraft displayed within the Museum’s […]

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Military Aviation Museum’s New Webinar Series

April 19, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia has begun what promises to be a fascinating series of webinars covering a variety of subjects varying from the WWII era aircraft in their collection, to significant aircraft […]

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CAF Launches Campaign to Expand by Adding Local Units

April 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) – the world’s largest flying museum announced plans to create new CAF Units in selected cities across the country. The organization has identified four locations to focus […]

Fagen Fighters’ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – April, 2021

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

With the recent arrival of their freshly restored Grumman Hellcat, which we reported on a couple of days ago, comes news from the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum about progress with their ultra-rare Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver Bu.83393. […]

Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow Update

April 15, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

With the air show world sensing a much-hoped-for return to normalcy beginning to arrive, the legendary biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow in Wanaka, New Zealand is already making plans for their event over the […]

Platinum Spotlight: 1945 Supermarine Spitfire XVIe

April 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

A magnificently restored Supermarine Spitfire MK.XVI has just come up for sale with our sponsors at Platinum Fighter Sales. She is a former RAF example, serial number TE392, and readers might remember our January 2020 article where we […]

Remembering Operation El Dorado Canyon: 35th Anniversary

April 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Capt Gregory Ball, USAFR, Ph.D. Since the 1960s, the relationship between the United States and Libya was marred by accusations of terrorist activity and charges of weapons smuggling and espionage. Tensions between the two nations […]

The Museum of Flight – Calling All WWII History Buffs

April 13, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

To help relieve the boredom and frustration in these semi-sequestered times, the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has come up with a couple of online ideas which might prove entertaining/educational for many of us. […]

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Fagen Fighters’ Hellcat Arrives at Her New Home

April 13, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

While we reported the exciting news this January concerning the first post-restoration flight of Grumman F6F-5 BuNo.78645 at Fighter Rebuilder’s facility in Chino, California, we now have news that Steve Hinton has flown the aircraft […]

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