Vintage Aviation News

Three Decades After Ceasing Operations, Pan Am Lives On at the Pan Am Museum

November 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 7

PRESS RELEASE – After more than 64 years in business, the world’s most iconic airline, Pan American World Airways (also known around the world as Pan Am), ceased operations on December 4, 1991. A perfect […]

Fagen Fighters Restoration – Warbird Ground Equipment Product Line

November 23, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Following Jay Wislers’s decision to retire from the warbird parts supply business back in 2017, Fagen Fighters Restoration purchased the entirety of his massive stock list, adding to their already impressive inventory. The company now […]

Setting the Record Straight: B-17 Modification Centers

November 22, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The following is an edited version of Kevin “K5” Michels’ article on how the wartime manufacture of Boeing’s B-17 Flying Fortress adapted to get the best and most up-to-date variants of the aircraft to combat […]

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Supermarine Seafire F.Mk.XVII SX336 Takes to the Skies Again

November 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

As many readers will know, Supermarine Seafire F. Mk.XVII SX336 made her first flight for several years on November 18th, 2021, following a period of extensive maintenance at Old Warden in Bedfordshire, England. The aircraft, […]

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First Engine Runs For The ‘Swiblosee’ Messerschmitt Bf 109!

November 18, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

By James Church On Tuesday, November 16th, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 Wr. Nr. 410077 passed a major milestone in its decade-long restoration at Michael Vadeboncoeur’s Midwest Aero Restorations Ltd. in Danville, Illinois. The fighter’s newly-rebuilt Daimler Benz DB […]

CAF PBY Catalina Restoration Update – Fall 2021

November 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

As an update to our April 2021 progress report regarding the restoration of Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina BuNo.64097 within the Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron’s hangar at Superior Bong Airport in Superior, Wisconsin, we bring further news describing what […]