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
Platinum 729
Gosshawk 729
Boschung Global 729x90

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 โ€˜Tommy Morseโ€™ 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

ย By Dave Sรถderstrรถm, Historic Australian Aircraft. In what seems almost unheard of in todayโ€™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…

Lancaster NX611 โ€˜Just Janeโ€™ โ€“ Restoration Update 201

As most of our readers will know, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611ย Just Janeย is under restoration to…

James Clemens School Cougar Jet On Show

By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor On the morning of September 5, 2023, the 1959 Grumman…