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NetJets, FlightSafety International Announce Major Support for Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame and Learning Center

January 19, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Two international leaders in aviation and Ohio-based companies NetJets and FlightSafety International (FSI) – jointly announced today a six-figure commitment to the non-profit Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame and Learning […]

Gen Charles Edward McGee – Passing of a Legend

January 16, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We have sad news to report today, as early this morning we lost Brigadier General Charles Edward McGee, one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary group of African American aviators […]

Top Air Show Performers Commit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022

January 16, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Some of the world’s top air show performers have made commitments to fly at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 – the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration – as part of the afternoon and night […]

Air Crash Po Identifies Location of Long-Lost Junkers Ju 88 in Italy

January 14, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

Despite the Armistice of Cassibile between the Allies and the Kingdom of Italy in early September 1943, air battles still raged in the skies over the Po River Valley for many more months; Hitler’s Luftwaffe […]

Col. Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson Celebrates his 100th Birthday Today!

January 13, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 13

Colonel Clarence “Bud” Anderson celebrated his 100th birthday today. He remains one of the United States Air Force’s most celebrated pilots and is perhaps most well known for his prowess over Europe during WWII, where […]

2022 Vulcan Challenge Registration Opens

January 13, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Soar into the new year with the Royal Air Force Museum’s Vulcan Challenge, and walk, run, or cycle your way to reach the 100km, 250km, or even 500km distance! The Challenge commences on Friday 14 […]

Fly in a MiG-15 with Waterloo Warbirds

January 12, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Waterloo Warbirds, based at the Region of Waterloo International Airport just east of Kitchener, Ontario recently announced that they are booking rides in their MiG-15. Nicknamed Natasha, this aircraft is actually a former Polish Air Force example, […]

Lockheed XC 69 Constellation 43 10309 L 049 NX25600 in flight. San Diego Air Space Museum Archive

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed Constellation

January 9, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1943, at the controls of the United States Army Air Forces, Boeing’s Chief Test Pilot, Eddie Allen, made the first flight of the […]

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Avro Lancaster

January 9, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1941 test pilot Captain Harry Albert (“Sam”) Brown, O.B.E., (1896–1953) made the first flight of the Avro Lancaster prototype, BT308, at RAF Ringway, […]

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum Raising Money to Save Historic Hangar 79

January 7, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

As most readers will be well aware, the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum resides within a pair historic hangars on Ford Island in Hawaii. These hangars still bear the witness marks of history, battle scars inflicted during the […]

Warbird Restorations

Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

Scott Thompson of AeroVintage recently shared an update on the AeroVintage website about two of the three B-17s currently at Madras, Oregon, with the Erickson Aircraft Collection. The post highlights ongoing wing restoration work on one aircraft and the start of disassembly on another. […]

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