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.

AirCorps Restorations
Alan Armstrong 729
Gosshawk 729
Gary Velasco 729

Restoring Jackie Cochran’s Twin Beech

Beech 18, N13JC, is currently under a return-to-flight program at the Vintage Flying Museum (VFM)…

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Rare F7U Cutlass Goes on Display at USS Midway Museum

F7U Cutlass Now Aboard USS Midway by Adam Estes At the tail end of 2022,…

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Shuttleworth Collection Engineering Workshops

On Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February 2023, the prestigious British aircraft institution ‘The Shuttleworth…

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Continuing the Legacy of the Ford Tri-Motor

The Experimental Aircraft Association's Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor is one of just a handful of airworthy…

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F-86A Sabre Restoration at March Field Air Museum

by Adam Estes A rare North American F-86A Sabre, albeit one with a somewhat existential…

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Japanese N1K1 ‘Rex’ Restoration by American Aero Services

By James Kightly At American Aero Services, the restoration of a Japanese Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu…

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Lockheed Electra Rescue Project

The Lockheed 10 Electra airliner was an important type in aviation history, and the first…

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‘Sandbar Mitchell’ Receives Donated Outer Wing Panels

About three weeks ago we posted a lengthy article on the Warbirds of Glory Museum's…

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – October/November 2022

Vintage Aviation News has received the October/November, 2022 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration…

CAF PBY Catalina Restoration Update – December 2022

As many will know, the Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron has spent the last several years…

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Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 180

As most of our readers will know, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is under restoration to…

Warbirds of Glory Museum Move & Sandbar Mitchell Update

In mid-October, the Warbirds of Glory Museum moved in to their new premises at Oakland Southwest Airport…

Freshly Restored Douglas A-1H Skyraider Unveiled at NMUSAF

by Richard Mallory Allnutt (Editor) Back in June, we published Adam Estes' marvelous article detailing…

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Bristol Bolingbroke Restoration Begins at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

Not only has the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre just announced the addition of a North…

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