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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 […]

North American P-64 Runs for First Time in Decades

April 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The EAA AirVenture Museum’s vanishingly rare North American P-64 fighter was started up for the first time in more than 20 years recently and fittingly, it was EAA Founder Paul Poberezny, who acquired the plane […]

Collings Foundation B-17 Bomber Crew Training Camp

April 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hot on the heels of announcing their Messerschmitt Me 262 Flight Training Program, The Collings Foundation has again leveraged their unique position of maintaining one of America’s largest collections of airworthy warbirds to offer yet […]

Flying Heritage Collection Opens Major Expansion of their Museum Today

April 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Today, April 12th the Flying Heritage Collection of Everett, Washington is opening a brand new 25,000 square foot addition to their already impressive 35,000 square foot facility. The brainchild of Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, […]

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Royal Air Force Museum-Cosford Hosts Model Air Show

April 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Last Sunday, April 7th 2013 the Royal Air Force Museum hosted the annual Shropshire Model Show at their Cosford facility. Nestled amongst their world-class collection of aircraft and military vehicles, thousands of intricately detailed models […]

Super Constellation Completes Restoration in Delaware

April 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB in Dover, Delaware, has recently completed its restoration of Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation N1005C. This Super Constellation was built as a civilian model which never saw any […]