Vintage Aviation News

RAF Museum Cosford Acquires Combat Veteran Chinook

March 8, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE- The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the legendary RAF Chinook HC6A ‘Bravo November’ helicopter. The newest addition to the Museum’s collection has a distinguished career within […]

2022 Heritage Flight Training Course

March 7, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The 2022 training clinic, officially known as the Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course, took place over this past weekend (March 3-6), hosted by Air Combat Command at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Indeed Davis-Monthan AFB […]

Bombers Go Down to Georgia

March 5, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 3

PRESS RELEASE – In cities across the U.S., vintage military aircraft rest quietly in museums, where school children and tourists admire them, take their pictures, and leave them behind closed doors at the end of […]

Dean “Cutter” Cutshall F 100 Super Sabre

Dean Cutshall’s F-100 Attending AirVenture 2022

March 5, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

On March 3rd, EAA AirVenture announced that to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, Dean Cutshall will be bringing an extremely rare F-100 to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 this July. The F-100 will […]

F4U-1D Corsair Makes First Post-Restoration Flight!

March 4, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

As some readers may already have heard, Mike Spaulding’s combat veteran F4U-1D Corsair (BuNo.82640) made its first post-restoration flight on February 28th, taking to the air from Mareeba Airport near Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia. […]

Warbird Showcase 2022 Tour Schedule Announced

March 1, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force’s Capital Wing, based in Culpeper, Virginia, is collaborating with the Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation of Georgetown, Delaware at a number of air shows this year, and has just announced their Warbird Showcase […]

C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ – Fundraiser

February 28, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, for some years now. Jason Capra and his band of […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – December 2021/January 2022

February 27, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 is progressing well at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota, as Chuck Cravens’ December 2021/January 2022 report reveals. We thought our readers would love to catch up on the latest details so, […]

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Doug Matthews’ F-86F Sabre Flies!

February 25, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

For the past few years, we have been following the efforts at Classic Fighters of America to return Doug Matthews’ North American Sabre to the sky at their facility in Titusville, Florida. Well that momentous first post-restoration flight […]

B-17G Champaign Lady – Restoration Update – February, 2022

February 23, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

B-17G Champaign Lady Update: February 18, 2022 by Scott A. Thompson of Aero Vintage One of the most impressive B-17 restoration efforts presently underway is taking place within the Champaign Aviation Museum’s hangar at Grimes Field […]

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