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Nord Pingouin Flies Again After 62 Year Hiatus

February 13, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Restored Nord Pingouin makes first flight in 62 years by Col Pope Nord 1002 Pingouin II G-OTME has made its first post-restoration flight following a comprehensive restoration by Vintage Fabrics at Audley End, in Essex, […]

AirCorps Aviation Acquires Pioneer Aero Services

February 10, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

AirCorps Aviation announced today that their subsidiary, AirCorps Depot has just acquired Pioneer Aero Services, the highly-respected Mustang parts supply business, which the late Elmer Ward and his son Bret operated over the past four decades. […]

Warbirds of Glory Museum – Raising Funds to Rescue a Link Trainer

February 9, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

As most readers will know, the Warbirds of Glory Museum is in the process of restoring B-25J Mitchell 44-30733, lovingly referred to as the Sandbar Mitchell due to the airframe having spent many years marooned on a […]

The prototype Boeing 747 RA001 City of Everett takes off at Paine Field 9 February 1969. The Museum of Flight

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Boeing 747

February 9, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

On February 9, 1969, at 11:34 a.m., Boeing Chief Test Pilot Jack Wadell, with Engineering Test Pilots Brien Singleton Wygle, co-pilot, and Jesse Arthur Wallick, flight engineer, took off from Paine Field, Everett, Washington, aboard […]

Something Old, Something New – All Jenny

February 8, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

by James Kightly At the Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum in Poplar Grove, Illinois, a magnificent example of the Curtiss Jenny has become the museum’s centerpiece. Bearing registration N1DP on its rudder, this beautiful machine […]

When World War One Legacies Resurface

February 8, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Matt Scales On February 4th, 2023, the U.S. Air Force had an unusual mission, a task so atypical to modern warfare that it was almost beyond living memory, having last occurred at the tail […]

CAF Airbase Georgia Receives $100,000 Grant for P-47 Restoration

February 6, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE PEACHTREE CITY, GA. (Feb. 6, 2023) – Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia has received a $100,000 grant from the Ray Foundation specifically for restoration work on the P-47 Thunderbolt currently being rebuilt […]

The MAPS Air Museum – A Center of Aviation History For Northeast Ohio

February 6, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Military Aviation Preservation Society’s museum, better known as the MAPS Air Museum, maintains a marvelous collection of more than sixty historic aircraft and associated aeronautica at their facility within the bounds of Akron-Canton Airport […]

B-17 Aluminum Overcast on the Road Back to Oshkosh

February 4, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Experimental Aircraft Association’s Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress Aluminum Overcast (44-85740) is finally on its way back to its winter home in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, albeit, not under its own power sadly. The aircraft has been […]

Chinese Balloon shotdown honoring WWI Ace pilot

F-22 Raptors Shoot Down Chinese Balloon Using WWI Ace Callsign “Frank”

February 4, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 2

On Saturday, February 4th, 2023, U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that had transited the country over the previous week, according to the Associated Press, although Department of Defense […]

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