Restorations

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.

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Major Restoration Milestone for the Mid-America Flight Museum’s B-17G ‘We The People’

Mid-America Flight Museum’s B-17G We The People achieves a milestone with new wing spar installation.…

CAF’s B-24 Diamond Lil Restoration Reaches Key Milestone

CAF’s B-24 Diamond Lil completes first engine run after restoration, marking a major step toward…

Restoring a Tuskegee Legacy: The Fairchild PT-19A at the American Heritage Museum

The American Heritage Museum is restoring one of only two surviving Fairchild PT-19A trainers used…

Two Major Milestones at Vultures Row Aviation’s “Corsair Factory”

Vultures Row Aviation achieves key milestones on rare F4U-1 “birdcage” Corsair BuAer 02449, joining fuselage…

Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast Wing Provides Update on AC-47 “Spooky” Restoration

The CAF Gulf Coast Wing is nearing completion of its AC-47 “Spooky” gunship restoration, with…

Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 247

Follow the restoration of Avro Lancaster NX611 Just Jane at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.…

Castle Air Museum Repaints Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Volunteers at the Castle Air Museum set themselves to work on a B-52D Stratofortress.

Halifax 57 Rescue Sets Out to Rebuild a Handley Page Halifax

Halifax 57 Rescue and Havsresan have secured approval to salvage RCAF Halifax Bomber HR871, lost…

Fieseler Fi-156C-2 Storch Returns to Display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force unveils its restored Fieseler Fi-156C-2 Storch on…

American Heritage Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt Restoration Update

The American Heritage Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt is being restored to flight in Florida, uncovering a…

Cavanaugh Flight Museum’s CASA 2.111 Restoration Underway at Ezell Aviation

Cavanaugh Flight Museum’s rare CASA 2.111 bomber, star of Battle of Britain and Patton, has…

Help Restore a Piece of History: B-25J Sandbar Mitchell Needs Its First Propeller

Help the Warbirds of Glory Museum restore the B-25J Sandbar Mitchell by funding its first…

Building the Last Convair B-36: Handmade Peacemaker Cockpit Project Progresses

Brian Pierson advances his scratch-built Convair B-36H cockpit, adding aluminum canopy work, functional controls, and…

American Heritage Museum’s Heinkel He 111H-3 Restoration Underway in Florida

**Meta Description:** The American Heritage Foundation has launched the restoration of its combat-proven Heinkel He…