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NEAM – Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster – Restoration Update

January 23, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

The New England Air Museum has made extraordinary progress over the past two years on the restoration of their unique Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster cargo plane. The sole surviving example of this unusual, blended-fuselage design has […]

IMG 0065 Richard Mallory Allnutt photo NASM Chantilly VA March 10 2014

NASM Open House at the Udvar-Hazy Center This Saturday

January 22, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The National Air & Space Museum is holding their second annual behind the scenes Open House between 10am and 3pm on Saturday January 24th at their Udvar-Hazy Center facility beside Dulles Airport in Chantilly, Virginia. […]

Part of the Canadian Air & Space Museum’s Collection Transfered to Storage

January 20, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 4

The Canadian Air & Space Museum in Toronto, Canada is in the process of securing a new home. The fabulous collection, which includes Avro Lancaster B.X FM104 as well as a faithful replica of the […]

Upcoming Open Cockpit Day at New England Air Museum

January 19, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

Press Release: The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut will hold its next Open Cockpit Day on Sunday, February 15th. On that day, visitors will be permitted to climb into the cockpits of up […]

Discover Your Future in Aviation at Pacific Aviation Museum

January 17, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE- Honolulu, HI – Young people interested in an aviation career, as well as school groups, Scouts, and families will want to attend Discover Your Future in Aviation at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor on […]

First World War in the Air Exhibition RAF Museum Cosford 1

Chocks Away for ‘First World War in the Air’ Exhibition at Cosford

January 16, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Today the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford officially unveiled a brand new exhibition area celebrating the achievements of Britain’s air services, the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service along […]

Anson Johnson P-51D – Fall 2014 Restoration Update

January 16, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

WarbirdsNews has been following the restoration of the New England Air Museum’s uniquely modified P-51D air racer, which Anson Johnson flew during the Cleveland Air Races in the late 1940s. He actually won the 1948 […]

Aussie F4U-1 Corsair Restoration Update

January 15, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 7

The extremely rare F4U-1 Corsair under restoration with the Classic Jets Fighter Museum at Parafield Airport near Adelaide, Australia is making great progress. F4U-1 Bu.02270 is one of only two early model “birdcage canopy” Corsairs known to […]

Red Haired Flying Daredevil to perform at the New England Air Museum

January 12, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Press Release: The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut will hold an original play by Alison Moncrief Bromage featuring the Connecticut aviation pioneer and daredevil, Charles Hamilton. The play will be performed on […]

Former JASDF F-104J Starfighter Restored in Japan

January 10, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

With much thanks to the International F-104 Society, WarbirdsNews is happy to report on the recent refurbishment of a Lockheed F-104J Starfighter in Chitose on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. The recently restored Starfighter served the Japanese Air […]

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