Vintage Aviation News

32nd Annual WWII Weekend

July 2, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

Text and photos by Nick Chismar For four days in June, the skies over Reading, Pennsylvania once again came alive as the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held its 32nd Annual WWII Weekend. Taking place over June […]

B 25 Miss Mitchell and P 51 Gunfighter by Jim Koepnick WM

Twin Cities Treated to July 4th Flyover From Miss Mitchell

June 30, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE CAF’s Minnesota Wing members are planning an epic flight with the B-25 Miss Mitchell over several locations between the Twin Cities and Wisconsin on July 4. They launched a campaign to help fund […]

Rare LB-30 Recovered, Will Fly Some Day

June 30, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 5

The long-neglected LB-30 Liberator project (RAF serial AL557) which sat outside in Colorado for more than 20 years has finally been brought in from the cold and will undergo restoration to flying condition. Eric Miller […]

CF-104D Starfighter Arrived at KF Centre

June 30, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

The KF Centre for Excellence has purchased a former Royal Canadian Air Force’s CF-104 Starfighter and it will be displayed at Kelowna airport. KF Centre for Excellence found the Starfighter in the hands of a […]

EAA, Boeing Extend Agreement for Collaboration at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

June 29, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The Experimental Aircraft Association is pleased to announce the extension of their Platinum-Level sponsorship with The Boeing Company. EAA’s relationship with Boeing dates back to 1989 and Boeing’s presence has grown into one […]

Just a Normal Day at Duxford

June 28, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 2

by Nigel Hitchman Just a normal day at Duxford: a friend told me that The Fighter Collection’s Gloster Gladiator was outside and there was talk it was going to fly! This would be the biplane […]

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Museum’s New Online Collection Reveals a Lifetime of Innovation by Aviation Icon Bill Lear

June 28, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Museum of Flight Collections Department recently completed a project to catalog and digitize the world’s most comprehensive collection of materials documenting the careers of inventor/entrepreneur Bill Lear and his wife Moya Olsen Lear. And […]

B-17G Flying Fortress ‘Thunderbird’ – Restoration Update – June 2023

June 28, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 4

As most readers will remember, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-83718 (N900RW) has been undergoing restoration within a hangar at the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon since its arrival some three years ago. This aircraft, […]

National Museum of the USAF Hosts Air Power History Tour

June 27, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The public is invited to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force to see three different WWII-era aircraft flown by the Commemorative Air Force during their Air Power History Tour. Aircraft will […]

RAF Museum Presents Horrible Histories Up in The Air Adventure

June 27, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE This summer, fasten your seatbelts as the RAF Museum presents Horrible Histories Up in the Air Adventure. Get ready to experience the (sometimes gruesome) history of flight in the Horrible Hangar. Meet fearless […]

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