Vintage Aviation News

CAF P-47N Thunderbolt – Restoration Update – Spring 2023

April 23, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Last summer, we ran an article describing the arrival of the Commemorative Air Force’s partially rebuilt P-47N Thunderbolt at CAF Airbase Georgia. Since that date, the organization’s highly accomplished restoration team at Falcon Field in […]

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CAF Capital Wing Open House – April 29th, 2023

April 22, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Capital Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is hosting an Open House at Culpeper Regional Airport in Culpeper, Virginia on Saturday April 29th, 2023. The public will have the opportunity to take warbird […]

WWII L-4 ‘Rosie the Rocketer’ Going to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023

April 20, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (April 20, 2023) — A historic fabric-covered Piper L-4 Cub, nicknamed Rosie the Rocketer which had some of the most fascinating exploits of any small aircraft during […]

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NMUSAF Resumes Restoration of “The Swoose”!

April 20, 2023 Adam Estes 7

by Adam Estes The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (NMUSAF) has just announced that they will resume the restoration of Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress 40-3097, nicknamed The Swoose, one of the most storied survivors […]

Own a (Time)piece of Spitfire Mk.I X4009 and Help Her Take Flight

April 19, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As we first reported in August, 2022, the Hunter Fighter Collection in Scone, New South Wales, Australia is presently engaged in the restoration of a historic and exceedingly rare Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia (s/n X4009) to […]

Model Masterpieces on Show at The RAF Museum

April 18, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Explore the Museum hangars where you will find a collection of large models displayed under the wings of the real aircraft. Airfix model-making activities are guaranteed to get the whole family glueing, building […]

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Profile Report: Estrella Warbirds Museum

April 18, 2023 Adam Estes 1

Following on from Adam Estes profile report on the Santa Maria Museum of Flight which we published about two weeks ago, his latest article features another, relatively unknown California aviation museum just a little further […]

The Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum to Open on Memorial Day Weekend

April 18, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE In March 2020 the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum closed its doors due to COVID-19. At that time the museum transferred ownership while maintaining the utmost care and preservation of the entire […]

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Airline History Museum Threatened with Closure in Kansas City

April 17, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

Kansas City – The Airline History Museum (AHM – formerly Save-A-Connie) has been locked out of its hangar facility at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport since last fall. Signature Aviation, the FBO (“Fixed Base Operator”) […]

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Ex-RAF Museum P-51D Arrives in Australia

April 15, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Last December, we reported that the Hunter Fighter Collection in Scone, New South Wales, Australia had acquired North American P-51D Mustang 44-73415 from the RAF Museum in the UK. Well, we can now report that the […]

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