Explore the latest vintage aircraft restorations from around the world, with in-depth updates on warbirds, museum projects, and rare aircraft brought back to life by skilled teams and passionate volunteers.


After a flying career of over 20 years, then languishing in a Montana forest for…
Four months after being driven to the March Field Air Museum, a Sikorsky VH-3A Sea…
Ferrymead’s Mosquito restoration advances with wing repairs, cockpit work, and rare components supplied by the…
After a flying career of over 20 years, then languishing in a Montana forest for…
Four months after being driven to the March Field Air Museum, a Sikorsky VH-3A Sea…
Taiwanese craftsman Chen Shih-chu is handcrafting a full-scale Ki-43 Hayabusa replica to help bring Yilan’s…
A combat veteran Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless formerly of the USN, USMC, and RNZAF, comes aboard…
CAF SoCal’s F8F-2 Bearcat nears its first engine run as volunteers advance the restoration toward…
Following the initial publication on about the restoration of F6F-3 Hellcat N4965V, one of our…
Aerospace Bristol reattaches the centre wing to NZ5911, Europe’s only surviving Bristol Freighter, during its…
Following the Cradle of Aviation Museum's acquisition of a rare Curtiss Oriole, the museum assesses…
After a 49-year absence from the skies, the oldest surviving Grumman F6F Hellcat makes its…
Cavanaugh Flight Museum’s CASA 2.111 restoration advances at Ezell Aviation, with the historic bomber’s return…
Kawaguchiko Fighter Museum has made significant progress restoring its rare Nakajima C6N1 Saiun, with fuller…
Steve McNeilly’s de Havilland Comet 1 replica reaches a major milestone as its three left…
The Estrella Warbirds Museum receives the fuselage of a record-setting F-86F Sabre to be restored…
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