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Iconic 57th Fighter Group Restaurant Hosts Warbird Rides, 1940s Victory Dance

October 26, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE World War II warbirds from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia fleet will join the festivities Saturday, Oct 29th when the 57th Fighter Group restaurant stages its inaugural Victory Night dinner and […]

North American Aviation NA 73X prototype left front quarter view

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The North American Aviation NA-73X (P-51 Mustang)

October 26, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 26, 1940, at Mines Field, Los Angeles, California (now, Los Angeles International Airport), free-lance test pilot Vance Breese took the prototype North American Aviation […]

Hickory Aviation Museum Adds Rare Gyrodyne YRON 1 Rotocycle

Hickory Aviation Museum Adds Rare Gyrodyne YRON-1 Rotorcycle

October 26, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Hickory Aviation Museum at Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina had a busy 2021, with the arrival of several new airframes, including OV-1D Mohawk 62-5874, FM-2 Wildcat BuNo.16278 and A-6E Intruder BuNo.155629. In […]

CAF Airbase Georgia Confirming Tuskegee Airmen and Possible WASP Connections

October 25, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force’s Airbase Georgia in Peachtree City, Georgia will soon restore their Fairchild PT-19A Cornell trainer 42-83511 (N5215Z). As part of the restoration effort, the airframe will be re-covered and painted to resemble, as closely […]

This Day in Aviation History: Final Commercial Flight of The British Airways Concorde

October 24, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 2003, at 4:05 p.m. BST, the final commercial flight of the British Airways Concorde came to an end with the landing of G-BOAG […]

This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of The YF-102 Delta Dagger

October 24, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 24, 1953, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Richard Lowe Johnson, Chief Test Pilot for the Convair Division of the General Dynamics Corporation, took […]

B 17G 44 83718 N900RW last known as Thunderbird

B-17G Flying Fortress ‘Thunderbird’ – Status Update – September/October 2022

October 24, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

by Scott A. Thompson of Aero Vintage B-17G 44-83718 (N900RW), most recently known as Thunderbird, remains under extensive rebuild in an Erickson Aircraft Collection hangar in Madras, Oregon. AeroVintage’s contributor Connor Bond visited and viewed […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – September/October 2022

October 23, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Vintage Aviation News has received the September/October, 2022 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 […]

Your Stories: Who’s Available to Fly in The BT-13 With Col McGee?

October 23, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Your Stories is a collection of memories sent by our readers and readopted as articles for this website. If you are interested in sharing your memories and stories with us please contact us HERE. by […]

Lockheed Martin On The Big Screen

October 22, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Maverick exceeded Mach 10 when he piloted a conceptual hypersonic aircraft, known as Darkstar, designed by the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® team in the recent Top Gun: Maverick film. Darkstar’s capabilities met Maverick’s “need for […]

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Iconic 57th Fighter Group Restaurant Hosts Warbird Rides, 1940s Victory Dance

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The North American Aviation NA-73X (P-51 Mustang)

Hickory Aviation Museum Adds Rare Gyrodyne YRON-1 Rotorcycle

CAF Airbase Georgia Confirming Tuskegee Airmen and Possible WASP Connections

This Day in Aviation History: Final Commercial Flight of The British Airways Concorde

This Day in Aviation History: First Flight of The YF-102 Delta Dagger

B-17G Flying Fortress ‘Thunderbird’ – Status Update – September/October 2022

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – September/October 2022

Your Stories: Who’s Available to Fly in The BT-13 With Col McGee?

Lockheed Martin On The Big Screen

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’