Vintage Aviation News

Marine Corps’ Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum to Close Permanently

March 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Marine Corps will permanently close its only museum devoted solely to aviation on March 28 — a decision the institution’s foundation and volunteers have worked for the past decade to avoid. The Flying Leatherneck […]

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Vintage Flying Museum’s Warbird Ride Day

March 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Gary Daniels Weather can make or break an aviation event. For the first day of Spring, Mother Nature smiled on north Texas and gave us a beautiful, blue sky day with a light […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – February, 2021

March 22, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the February, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]

Yankee Air Museum’s B-25 Becomes ‘Rosie’s Reply’

March 22, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

Back in early January, we published a story detailing the repaint of the Yankee Air Museum’s North American B-25D Mitchell bomber, long known as Yankee Warrior, into a factory-fresh livery, free of names and nose art. We […]

Japan’s Phantom Phinal Pharewell

March 18, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Although, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is technically not a warbird yet, we at WarbirdsNews feel that almost anything related to the mighty smoking Rhino deserves coverage, and we felt sure our readers would […]

Planes of Fame Hangars Reopen

March 16, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Planes of Fame Air Museum will reopen to the public March 18, after closing temporarily in March due to COVID-19. San Bernardino County has transitioned to the “Substantial” or “Red” tier in the California Roadmap […]

San Diego Air & Space Museum Re-Opening Tomorrow

March 16, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Press Release – The San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park is back in operation tomorrow Wednesday, March 17. Reopening begins at 10:00 a.m. Reopening provides guests from around the world and locally […]

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The National Museum of the Tuskegee Airmen Has New Home in Detroit

March 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Tuskegee Airmen National Museum, which honors the history and legacy of its namesake group, has relocated to Detroit. The museum, which was previously in Michigan’s Fort Wayne, moved to the Coleman […]

B-29 Doc Adds Nebraska Event to 2021 Schedule

March 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Hastings Airport Association, in partnership with the Hastings Airport, & EAA Chapter 544, announced the exciting performer lineup and planned events for the Nebrasaka State Fly In scheduled for Fathers Day […]

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B-17E “Desert Rat” – March 2021 Restoration Update

March 11, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away on the restoration of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 for much of the past four decades, and we have covered […]

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