Vintage Aviation News

Military Aviation Museum Celebrates National Rosie the Riveter Day

March 21, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Over six million “Rosies” joined the workforce and at least ten million more volunteered to help win the Homefront war effort in World War II. The Military Aviation Museum is honored to celebrate […]

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First Flight Society to Celebrate Wilbur Wright Day 2024

March 21, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE The First Flight Society (FFS) will celebrate the third annual Wilbur Wright Day with a luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn Outer Banks-Kitty Hawk Hotel in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on April 13th 2024. […]

A Flight of Four Mustangs Celebrates WWII Fighter Pilot’s 100th Birthday

March 20, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 3

Mission accomplished! On Tuesday, March 19, World War II pilot Paul Crawford fulfilled his dream of flying in a P-51 Mustang like the one he commanded 79 years ago in China, where he flew 29 […]

Italian Air Force Presented Macchi C.205 Veltro Restoration Project Regia

Italian Air Force Presents Macchi C.205 Veltro Conservation Project

March 20, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

On March 5th, 2024 the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force – AMI) hosted a presentation about the recovery and conservation of a Macchi C.205 Veltro, which had been lost in the Second World War […]

Yorkshire Air Museum’s Buccaneer Day

March 19, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Saturday, April 6th 2024 is Buccaneer Day at the Yorkshire Air Museum, marking 30 years since this groundbreaking, Yorkshire-built jet retired from RAF service. Originally designed for use by the Royal Navy in attacking […]

Bomber Camp 2024: RE-LIVE THE PAST

March 18, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

Twelve O’Clock High and Masters of the Air will come to life at Bomber Camp 2024. Hosted by the Stockton Field Aviation Museum, in Stockton, California, on May 3rd, Bomber Camp offers an immersive World War […]

Fourth Avspecs Mosquito Rebuild Flies

March 18, 2024 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 4

By Nigel Hitchman and Staff Writers On Monday, March 18th, 2024 at Ardmore Aerodrome, New Zealand, the fourth de Havilland Mosquito rebuilt by Avspecs Ltd., NZ2308/ZK-PWL, took to the air at 15:24 hours (local) for […]

Vintage Wings of Canada’s Victory Flight Announces 2024 Schedule

March 16, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 1

Vintage Wings of Canada is the creation of Michael Potter, who founded the Vintage Wings of Canada Foundation and has been collecting and flying vintage aircraft since the mid-1990s. The aircraft of his collection are […]

National Museum of The USAF Prepares for Kettering Model Collection Return

March 15, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Visitors to The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force™ are often stunned and amazed by the size of the 350 aerospace vehicles throughout the four buildings on the museum grounds. From the […]

PT-17 Stearman 41-8746/N555BF arrives at Chino. [Photo via Planes of Fame]

Planes of Fame Air Museum Receives a New Stearman

March 15, 2024 Adam Estes 0

By Adam Estes As the sun set over Chino on February 24th, 2024, two aircraft in formation approached the airport to land on runway 26 Right, and taxied to the Planes of Fame Air Museum. […]

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