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Nova Scotia Museum to Finally Display their Award Winning Anson

April 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Greenwood Military Aviation Museum of Greenwood, Nova Scotia’s Avro Anson, which won the coveted “Excellence in Restoration Award” from the Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association is finally going on display. The plane which underwent a […]

Gotha Go 145 Being Rebuilt in the City of its Birth

April 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In the city of Gotha, Germany, the worlds only intact Gotha Go 145 fuselage is being reconstructed for display by the city that birthed it. While there are reportedly two other crashed remains of these […]

Birthplace of British Motorsport and Aviation Plans a Significant Upgrade

April 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Brooklands, the world’s first purpose built motor speedway, located in Surrey, UK, opened in June 1907. Built at a time when the national speed limit on public roads was 20 MPH and nearly 50% of […]

Race-Winning Harrier Acquired by Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

April 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hawker Siddeley Harrier XV744, the plane that won the London to New York contest of the Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race, setting a world-record transit time in the process, has been acquired by the Tangmere […]

Operation Spitfire Aims to Restore Stoke City Icon

April 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Reflecting the new paradigm of crowd-sourcing, Operation Spitfire is enlisting the public for assistance in restoring Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI RW388 and the updating of its exhibits. The 1945-built plane was donated to the City […]

RAFM Spitfire Journeys to Kuwait

April 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The British Royal Air Force Museum has sent their Supermarine Spitfire XIX PM651 to Kuwait as as part of the agreement inked between the RAF Museum and the Kuwait House of National Works in 2011 […]

Breguet “Deux-Ponts” Restoration Enters its 26th Year

April 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

At Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport in the Pyrénées region of France the daunting restoration of the behemoth that is the Breguet 765 “Deux Ponts” (Double Decker) is entering in its 26th year, having been started in […]

Centenary Celebration of the First Flight of the Sopwith Bat Boat

April 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the maiden flight of the Sopwith Bat Boat, the first successful flying boat built and flown in in the United Kingdom, there will a commemorative exhibition held […]

Yanks Air Museum Bomber Open Cockpit Day- 4/20/13

April 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California will be hosting their “Bomber Open Cockpit Day” on April 20, 2013 from 10AM to 3PM. The centerpiece of the day’s festivities will be the collection’s North American B-25 […]

RAFM-Cosford Shows Progress on Hampden Restoration

April 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the RAF Museum-Cosford held the latest of its popular annual open-house weeks recently, highlighting the progress on its restoration of its Handley Page HP.52 Hampden, registration number PI344. More […]

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