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Qantas Founders Museum’s Super Constellation Update

June 12, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

What a difference a year can make in the life of an aircraft when a dedicated team of professionals and volunteers gets to work. Such is the case at the Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach in […]

Savoia-Marchetti S.55 X Flying Boat Update

March 1, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 3

Back in May 2016, WarbirdsNews published a story about an ambitious project in Italy to build a replica of a Savoia-Marchetti S.55, the famous twin-hulled flying boat which broke fourteen long distance, altitude and payload […]

Texas Flying Legends Museum’s P-51C Mustang ‘Lopes Hope 3rd’ Flies!

October 25, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 17

As many of our readers will be well be aware, we have been following the restoration of Texas Flying Legends Museum’s North American P-51C Mustang at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota for some time now. […]

HARS to Fly a Warbird Lockheed AP-3C Orion!

October 24, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Australia will soon have a Lockheed AP-3C Orion on the warbird circuit. The Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, better known as HARS, took delivery of a retired Royal Australian Air Force maritime patrol aircraft last December, but will […]

Lockheed Harpoon – Bad to the Bone!

October 23, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

As we mentioned last week with our progress report on their Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress, Desert Rat, the Vintage Aviation Museum recently acquired a rare Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon naval attack aircraft. The Harpoon served in the […]

Restore the Roar – Help Get a WWII Veteran C-53 Skytrooper Back in the Air!

October 10, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in May, 2016, WarbirdsNews published a story about Jason Capra and his efforts to save a forlorn WWII-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095 that he found sitting, more or less abandoned, at a grass strip […]

B-17G “The Movie” Memphis Belle Flying High, Again

October 3, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 8

Movie “Memphis Belle” Flying-High, Again by Austin Hancock As most readers will know, the famous, combat-veteran Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress known as Memphis Belle (Serial 41-24485) is undergoing restoration to static-display status at the National Museum […]

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The Epic Journey of de Havilland’s Sea Hornet F.20 TT193’s Restoration

October 2, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 14

Sea Hornet Resurrection by Richard Mallory Allnutt Pioneer Aero in Auckland, New Zealand recently announced that they have acquired the substantial remains of de Havilland Sea Hornet F.20 TT193, and will be restoring this unique ‘survivor’ to flying […]

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Douglas A-26 Invader Movements Downunder

September 26, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Reevers Warbirds has commenced the move of their Douglas A-26C Invader from Archerfield Airport in Brisbane, Queensland to her new home at Parafield Airport in Adelaide, South Australia. This Invader once flew with the US Army […]

Two Historic Airplanes to Receive Restoration at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

April 26, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Austin Hancock Albuquerque, NM – The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History is taking on an ambitious project, the restoration of not one, but two Cold War Jet Fighters. Having found previous […]

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