Aircraft Restoration
‘Hollywood Bomber’ Conducts Engine Test; To Premier at AirVenture 2025
Details of the 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700 “Super 18” engine test and plans for 2025. […]
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Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum’s New Standard D-25
The aircraft built in 1930 was acquired by WAAM in 2020 and has begun refurbishment. […]
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Museum of the American G.I. Gets a Douglas C-53 Skytrooper
A former United Airlines DC-3A makes the trip from the Mississippi Machinery Museum to join the collection of Texas-based Museum of the American G.I. […]
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Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration Report – Winter 2024
Beech AT-10 Wichita restoration continues to make great progress at AirCorps Aviation! […]
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Matt’s Gnat: A Red Arrows Jet Restoration Downunder
As reported by Vintage Aviation News earlier this year, Folland Gnat XR987 — now with the New Zealand civil registration ZK-RAJ, for “Red Arrows Jet” — is being returned to airworthiness at the workshops of […]
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The Military Aviation Museum’s A6M3 Zero
The Military Aviation Museum’s A6M3 Zero is nearing the completion of its decades-long restoration, with its first flight just around the corner. […]
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World War I Aircraft Restorations at Seattle’s Museum of Flight
By Adam Estes The Museum of Flight (MOF) in Seattle, WA is known for having one of the most extensive collections for an aerospace museum on the US West Coast, with a collection of aircraft […]
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HARS’ Vietnam War Veteran Bell UH-1 Huey Flies in Australia
For the first time in 17 years, the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society’s (HARS) Bell UH-1H 703 is back in the air after restoration by volunteers at QinetiQ Air Affairs at HMAS Albatross, Nowra, NSW. Now […]
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Newark Air Museum Chinook Restoration Update
PRESS RELEASE Following the arrival of Boeing Chinook HC.1 ZA717 from RAF Cranwell back in February 2018 Newark Air Museum (NAM) became the first Accredited Independent museum in the UK to acquire and display a […]
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The Vision: The Return of the Dornier Do X
By Anthony Liberatore In Hildesheim, Germany, a replica of the Dornier Do X flying boat is taking shape and I had the privilege of interviewing the person who is spearheading this effort, Peter Kielhorn. The […]