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.
Building the Last Convair B-36 Update
Inside Brian Pierson’s extraordinary scratch-built Convair B-36H Peacemaker project, as contributor Austin Hancock details the…
de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI TE881 / NZ2345 Restoration Update, Aircraft Expected to Return to the Skies in 2026
The historic de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI TE881/NZ2345 is being restored to flying condition by…
Fokker F VIIb ‘Southern Cross’ Replica Flies in Australia
After over 20 years on the ground, the Fokker F.VIIb Replica VH-USU 'Southern Cross', operated…
Yanks Air Museum’s P-63 Kingcobra Flies After 40 Years
by Adam Estes In recent years, the Yanks Air Museum of Chino, California, has endeavored…
Yankee Air Museum PB4Y-2 Privateer Restoration
by Adam Estes For some years now, a dedicated team of volunteers with the Yankee…
Movie Memphis Belle Maintenance Update
By Adam Estes Of all the aircraft of WWII, few have had quite the cultural…
Kiwi Mustang Flies Again After 66 Years
By Zac Yates Sixty-six years, five months, and twelve days after making the final flight…
Historic Feature: Col Borman’s Kingcobra
We present this feature article from the July 1998 archives of Warbirds Worldwide Journal No.45…
Rare Boeing P-26 Peashooter Replica Added to Spirit of Flight Museum
The Spirit of Flight Foundation museum announced that a rare Boeing P-26 Peashooter replica has…
Ace Baracchini’s Hanriot Project – Building a Dream
Ermete Grillo, originally from Rome but now resident in Pisa, Italy, is on a mission:…
Rare ‘Tommy Morse’ Flies
By Nigel Hitchman, with additional material by James Kightly A rare Great War era American…
Hawker Tempest Mk.II First Flight!
The world finally has a flying Hawker Tempest! Pete Kynsey made the maiden post-restoration flight…
Fagen Fighters SB2C-5 Helldiver – First Engine Runs!
The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum's Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver (BuNo.83393) roared to life outside the museum's…
Belfast Transport Set to Return
By Dave Söderström, Historic Australian Aircraft. In what seems almost unheard of in today’s world,…
National Museum of The U.S. Air Force’s Kellett XR-8 Restoration
Inside the restoration hangar of the National Museum of The U.S. Air Force, the restoration…
Time Capsule Corsair
During our recent visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, England, we had…
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