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Rare Flying Bomb Completes Restoration

March 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Lashenden Air Warfare Museum’s extremely rare Fieseler Fi 103R-IV Reichenberg, which was essentially a piloted version of the V-1 flying bomb, recently completed a five year restoration by Auktionshaus fur historic Technik in Geisenhausen, […]

Warner Robins’ Museum of Aviation Unburdens Itself of 32 Deteriorating Aircraft

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Warner Robins’ Museum of Aviation is contracting for the first time in its 29 year history, getting rid of a third of its collection. Among those things getting the axe are three missiles and 29 […]

Wildwood Aviation Museum Hosts Restored B-17

March 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Following a nine-year restoration effort by the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan, the Yankee Lady will pay a visit to New Jersey’s Cape May Naval Air Station from June 10-12. The B-17 has been […]

Classic Air Force Museum Opens March 29th

March 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

March 29th is the anticipated grand opening date for the Classic Air Force (CAF) museum at Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQI) in Cornwall, United Kingdom. In preparation for the opening, the 1946-built Auster Autocrat , G-JAYI […]

Old Rhinebeck’s Spirit of St Louis Resumes Construction

March 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

After an extended period of inactivity, work on the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum’s reproduction of the Spirit of St. Louis has resumed. The reproduction aircraft project was begun by the aerodrome’s founder Cole Palen who […]

South Australian Aviation Museum Takes Delivery of Retired RAAF F-111 Bomber

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Port Adelaide just acquired a special aircraft: a retired F-111C jet bomber capable of speeds two times greater than the speed of sound. It arrived March 15 by truck from Amberley RAAF Base near Ipswich, […]

Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 Restoration Well Underway

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The remains of Focke-Wulf 190F-8 93182, a JG 5 fighter that was shot out of the sky by the RAF in Norway on February 9, 1945 has been recently acquired by the Collings Foundation and […]

Carrier Battles of the Pacific

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA presents Carrier Battles of the Pacific on Saturday, June 1. One of their monthly Living History Flying Days, the event features a discussion panel of connoisseurs: historians, […]

Dragon Rapide Nearing Completion in Belgium

March 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Brussels Aircraft Museum Restoration Society is nearing completion on the restoration project of de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide R5922. The aircraft is being returned to the 1947 configuration and mint green livery it wore […]

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F-104 Starfighter Makes Much-Anticipated Arrival At Alberta Aviation Museum Later This Month

March 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

An F-104 Starfighter will find its new home in the Alberta Aviation Museum located in Edmonton, Alberta on March 26. This comes after a year-long fundraising drive to raise the capital for purchasing it: tens […]

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