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.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BS548 Completes First Flight at Duxford, Becoming Australia’s First Two-Seat Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX BS548 has completed its first post-restoration flights at Duxford, flown by Martin…
New England Air Museum’s A-7D Corsair II Restoration
The New England Air Museum’s A-7D Corsair II restoration brings a long-neglected Cold War attack…
USAF Museum Douglas A-1H Skyraider – Restoration Report
by Adam Estes Inside a large hangar on the facilities of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base…
Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – March/April, 2022
We have just received the March/April, 2022 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of…
C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Flies!
As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran…
Original WWI-era Nieuport 28C-1 Returns to Flight
Under a moody sky on April 2nd, 2022, legendary early aeroplane specialist, Mikael Carlson, flew the American…
Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 164
As many of our readers will be well aware, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane…
F4U-1D Corsair Makes First Post-Restoration Flight!
As some readers may already have heard, Mike Spaulding's combat veteran F4U-1D Corsair (BuNo.82640) made…
C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ – Fundraiser
As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran…
Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – December 2021/January 2022
Restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 is progressing well at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota, as…
Doug Matthews’ F-86F Sabre Flies!
For the past few years, we have been following the efforts at Classic Fighters of America to return…
B-17G Champaign Lady – Restoration Update – February, 2022
B-17G Champaign Lady Update: February 18, 2022 by Scott A. Thompson of Aero Vintage One…
RAF Museum’s Westland Lysander Returns to London for Display
On February 21st, 2022, after undergoing more than 6 years of restoration, the Royal Air…
B-17G Flying Fortress ‘Thunderbird’ – Status Update – February 2022
B-17G Thunderbird Update: February 10, 2022 by Scott A. Thompson of Aero Vintage The Mid America…
Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 161
As many of our readers will be well aware, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane…
Fagen Fighters’ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – February, 2022
It has been a while since our last report from the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum regarding progress…
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