Vintage Aviation News

B-29 Doc Adds Great Bend Airport Airfest to 2024 Schedule

February 3, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will land in Great Bend where Doc will be one of the featured performers at the 2024 Great Bend Airport Airfest, Sept. 20-22. The tour stop will […]

The culmination of nearly 27 years work as Electra ZK-AFD reaches takeoff speed for the first post-restoration flight. [Photo by Ruth Christie]

Lockheed 10A Electra Flies in New Zealand

February 2, 2024 Zac Yates 1

By Zac Yates After more than two decades of meticulous restoration, an example of Lockheed’s rare 1930s airliner has taken to Kiwi skies. Owner Rob Mackley accompanied test pilot Ryan Southam and engineer Huib Volker […]

The airplane is a two-seater built in 1935 thanks to the collaboration between two Ethiopian engineers and a German pilot. [Photo via Ministero della Difesa]

Italy Has Returned Ethiopia’s First Airplane, Stolen By The Fascist Regime In 1936

February 2, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 1

On January 30th, 2024 Italy, represented by Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto, returned to Ethiopia its first indigenously-built aircraft, which had been stolen and brought to Italy by the Italian army during the occupation of […]

CAF Airbase Georgia Chief Pilot Receives FAA Master Pilot Award

February 2, 2024 Angela Decker 0

PRESS RELEASE Stan Musick, the chief pilot for the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia, has received the Master Pilot award from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Al Van Lengen, Principal Operations Inspector assigned to […]

Strix Aero Announces New Allison V-1710 Overhaul Business

February 1, 2024 Luc Zipkin 0

The world of warbird maintenance, restoration, parts supply, and overhaul is, without a doubt, a small one. In an industry where the loss of a relatively small-scale supplier is mourned by warbird operators around the […]

B-26K Counter Invader ‘Special Kay’ Repair Update

February 1, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Gary Daniels Every decades-old, flying warbird has an incredible story to tell prompting one to ask, “How is it even in airworthy condition 60, 70, 80 years after it rolled off the production line?” […]

Month: February 2024

B-29 Doc Adds Great Bend Airport Airfest to 2024 Schedule

Lockheed 10A Electra Flies in New Zealand

Italy Has Returned Ethiopia’s First Airplane, Stolen By The Fascist Regime In 1936

CAF Airbase Georgia Chief Pilot Receives FAA Master Pilot Award

Strix Aero Announces New Allison V-1710 Overhaul Business

B-26K Counter Invader ‘Special Kay’ Repair Update

AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Restoration Report – Fall 2024 Update

Mid America Flight Museum Releases Update on B-17G ‘Thunderbird’

Matt’s Gnat: A Red Arrows Jet Restoration Downunder

B-17E “Desert Rat” Restoration Update – Winter 2024