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National Warplane Museum Coming to Western New York

June 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The National Warplane Museum is returning to Geneseo, New York. In a recent press conference the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group announced that it had reacquired the name of the National Warplane Museum. “Today is a […]

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Alberta Aviation Museum CF104 Starfighter Restoration Progressing

June 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In an update on the Alberta Aviation Museum‘s recently acquired Canadair CF-104 Starfighter that we’ve been following, the plane has been undergoing restoration and the fuselage has been pulled on its own wheels with a […]

Texas Air and Space Museum Plans Major Expansion

June 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

With hopes to relocate and expand, the Texas Air and Space Museum of Amarillo, Texas has acquired about 20 acres that would significantly increase the museum’s ability to display and store aircraft. The property, anonymously […]

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Veteran Grumman Albatross Senselessly Destroyed in Italy

June 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 52

On May 17, 2013, a Grumman HU-16 Albatross displayed by the Museo dell’Aria del Castello di San Pelagio (Air Museum of San Pelagio Castle) in Padua, Italy was wrecked and turned into a heap of […]

Cactus Air Force Museum Cleared for Takeoff

June 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Cactus Air Force has received approval from the Carson City Airport Authority to build a military aircraft and vehicle museum at the Carson City Airport in Nevada. The planned museum facility will be comprised […]

Community Efforts to Save Pasco Naval Air Station Tower

June 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In Pasco, Washington efforts are underway to restore and preserve a long-disused WWII-era control tower that is something of a local landmark. The United States Navy established NAS Pasco at the site of the Pasco […]

Duluth Aviation Institute Recreating a Hundred Year Old Flying Boat From Scratch

May 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Duluth Aviation Institute of Duluth, Minnesota is in the process of completing a flying replica of the Benoist XIV flying boat named “Lark of Duluth” which debuted in Duluth in the summer of 1913.

World’s Last Operational F-111 Goes on Display at Historical Aircraft Restoration Society

May 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

As we recently reported, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has been divesting itself of its remaining General Dynamics F-111 Aardvarks and the last one to remain operational, that flew at the series’ decommissioning ceremony […]

English Electric Lightning Reunites With its Final Pilot 36 Years Later

May 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) located at the Old Sarum Airfield just North of Salisbury, UK has recently acquired an English Electric Lightning cockpit and arranged for a reunion with its last pilot, Squadron […]

Restoration of F/A-18 Fighter Jet for NMMC in the works

May 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The U.S. Marine Corps is soliciting proposals for the complete restoration of a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet for the National Museum of the Marine Corps (NMMC) in Quantico, Virginia.