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Lightning T.5 ZU BBD at Cape Town International Airport

AArLO Acquires Hangar 51’s Lightning

October 8, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

On October 6, the Anglo-Arabian Lightning Organisation Ltd (AArLO) announced the acquisition of XS452 / ZU BBD “Big Bad Dog” and the entire Lightning spares package from Hangar 51 Ltd in South Africa. The aircraft […]

Fagen Fighters SB2C 5 Navy Helldiver known as 22the Beast22 roared back to life

Fagen Fighters SB2C-5 Helldiver – First Engine Runs!

October 8, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum’s Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver (BuNo.83393) roared to life outside the museum’s workshop in Granite Falls, Minnesota yesterday, performing its first engine runs in nearly 80 years and marking yet another major […]

Belfast Transport Set to Return

October 7, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 1

By Dave Söderström, Historic Australian Aircraft. In what seems almost unheard of in today’s world, an aircraft built in the 1960s is set to return to work doing what it was built for; hauling oversized […]

The September Family Says Farewell to Its Reno Home

October 6, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

Story and Photography by Gary Daniels This past March, the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA) announced that 2023 would be the final year of air racing at Reno-Stead Airport. Citing challenging economic conditions, rapid area […]

Canadian Curtiss Flying Boat Moves On

October 5, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor. The original 1920s Curtiss Seagull flying boat, which has been on display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum (CASM) Rockliffe, Ontario (part of the Ingenium national museum group), will […]

‘Masters of the Air’ Gets Premiere Date

October 5, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 3

“Masters of the Air,” the third installment of the Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks-led World War II trilogy — following “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific” — finally has a release date, according to Apple […]

2nd Phase of Roof Replacement to Begin at NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum

October 4, 2023 Angela Decker 0

Naval Air Station Wildwood (NASW) Aviation Museum announces it will be temporarily closing to the public for approximately 90 days starting October 9, 2023, for a much-needed roof replacement project on the south side of […]

Rare ’31 Biplane Reunited with Original N-Number

October 3, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

In 2022 the Historic Aircraft Preservation Society (HAPS), a Texas-based non-profit, acquired the Fleet from 92-year-old Jim Bumgarner. HAPS is determined to restore and preserve this and other historic and vintage aircraft. This Fleet Model […]

B-17G Yankee Lady Barnstorming in Pensacola

October 3, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

Experience a multi-sensory and immersive adventure by taking a ride on a WWII B-17 Bomber on October 10th and 11th at the Pensacola Aviation Center located at 4145 Jerry L Maygarden Rd, Pensacola, FL 32504. […]

Art + Flight: The Artist, World War II Fighter Pilot, Film Actor and Inventor of the Aluminum Folding Beach Chair

October 3, 2023 Angela Decker 0

PRESS RELEASE As the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA continues its Art + Flight events, they are set to feature the art of WWII veteran, Fredric Arnold. On Oct. 7 Marc and Dana Arnold […]

Month: October 2023