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Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress Arrives at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor

One of the most talked about artifacts of American aviation history, the Boeing B-17E Flying…

World’s Last Macchi M.7 Undergoing Restoration in Sweden

In addition to the Donnet-Lévêque "Flying Fish" Restoration on which we recently reported, another restoration…

World’s Only Flying Mosquito Flew Today!

Regular readers of Warbirds News know we've been following the progress of Jerry Yagen and…

Work Begins to Retrieve Dornier Do 17 from the Waters off English Coast

Work began last week to raise what is believed to be the last surviving example…

Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration Nearing Completion in Sweden

The Flygvapenmuseum (Air Force Museum) in Linköping, Sweden, just south of Stockholm is reporting significant…

F-111 arrives at Fighter World

A retired Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark made the overland trip…

Yankee Air Museum Tries to Raise $6 Million to Purchase Former B-24 Bomber Factory

The Yankee Air Museum of Belleville, Michigan has just announced a $6 million campaign to…

Short Brothers Flying Boats Make a Splash at New Zealand Museum

The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), located in Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand has…

Warbird Heritage Foundation Begins Restoration of Goodyear FG-1D Corsair

The Warbird Heritage Foundation of Waukegan, Illinois has recently acquired a Goodyear FG-1D Corsair 92050,…

Military Aviation Museum Turns Attention to Airacobras

The Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach, Virginia is getting into Bell P-39 Airacobras in…

RAF Museum-London Asks for Public Input for World War One Exhibition

The RAF Museum-London is enlisting the public in choosing the exhibits that will be featured…

UK Helicopter Museum Plans for Expansion

The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare on the Bristol Channel Coast in the United Kingdom bills…

Trio of WWI Fokker Reproductions Head Down Under

With the Centenary of the First World War fast approaching, the Australian Vintage Aviation Society…

Aviation Museum Celebrates 70 years of Finnish Messerschmitts

Running until the the end of September 2013, the Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa, Finland…