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Gainesville’s NATA Formation Clinic

April 13, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Between April 8th and 12th, one of the several formation clinics which the North American Trainer Association (NATA) holds annually took place at Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida. The event saw roughly 65 pilots […]

Vostok 1: 60th Anniversary of Historic First Human Spaceflight

April 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Sixty years ago Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space – and on Sunday, Russians gathered to remember his achievement. Thousands of people joined the celebrations in Saint Petersburg to watch a […]

CAF Lake Superior Squadron PBY Catalina – Restoration Update

April 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

In further PBY news, following on from our November 2020 restoration progress report concerning the Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron’s Consolidated PBY-6A Bu.64097, we bring more news on what has happened in the interim… The […]

‘The Right Stuff’ Canceled at Disney+, Series Looking for a New Home

April 10, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Right Stuff television series, based on the 1979 book of the same name by Tom Wolfe, premiered on October 9, 2020 on Disney+. Unfortunately, despite the excellent reviews, Disney+ decided to cancel the series […]

De Havilland C 7A Caribou in the Southeast Asia War Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force

National Museum USAF to Open an Aircraft One Day Each Month

April 8, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Beginning in April 2021, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will provide the opportunity for visitors to get an up-close look inside a different aircraft from the collection each month on select days […]

B-29 Doc Adds Houston to Its Schedule

April 8, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will land at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas, May 4-9, 2021. Doc will arrive in Houston, Monday, May 3 and will be available […]

Dutch Auster On the Move

April 7, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

In early March came news from the Netherlands that the WWII-veteran Auster AOP Mk.III liaison aircraft which spent the past three years on display at the Nederlands Transport Museum in Nieuw-Vennep near Schiphol Amsterdam Airport […]

New England Air Museum – DC-3 Restoration Update

April 7, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Periodically, we like to catch up on restoration updates from the workshops at the world-class New England Air Museum (NEAM) in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Following on from the completion of their remarkable Burnelli CBY-3 blended-wing cargo plane (which […]

The Temora Air Force Centenary Showcase

April 7, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Phil Buckley The eagerly anticipated Temora Air Force Centenary Showcase took place over the weekend of March 6th/7th, 2021 in the skies over the Temora Aviation Museum (TAM) in Temora, New South Wales, Australia. The event, […]

CAF Rocky Mountain Wing – TBM Avenger Update

April 6, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in February, we reported on progress which the Commemorative Air Force’s Rocky Mountain Wing has made with the effort to return their TBM-3E Avenger (Bu.53503) back to airworthy condition following her engine problems last […]

Year: 2021

Gainesville’s NATA Formation Clinic

Vostok 1: 60th Anniversary of Historic First Human Spaceflight

CAF Lake Superior Squadron PBY Catalina – Restoration Update

‘The Right Stuff’ Canceled at Disney+, Series Looking for a New Home

National Museum USAF to Open an Aircraft One Day Each Month

B-29 Doc Adds Houston to Its Schedule

Dutch Auster On the Move

New England Air Museum – DC-3 Restoration Update

The Temora Air Force Centenary Showcase

CAF Rocky Mountain Wing – TBM Avenger Update

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’