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

Dakota Territory Air Museum โ€“ P-47D Restoration Update โ€“ September/October 2022

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

Handley Page Victor Goes on Display at The IWM Duxford

After five years of painstaking work by the conservation team at Imperial War Museum Duxford,…

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Savoia-Marchetti S.55X Flying Boat – Rebuild Update – Fall 2022

For the past several years, we have been following the Savoia Marchetti Historical Group (SMHG)…

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Dakota Territory Air Museum โ€“ P-47D Restoration Update โ€“ August/September 2022

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

Vintage Aviation Museum Reconstructing a ‘Shark Fin’ B-17C

As many readers will know, theย Vintage Aviation Museumย isย a 501c3 non-profit organization which has been involved…

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NMUSAF Curtiss JN-4D Jenny Restoration

by Adam Estes In the last four years, specialist technicians at the National Museum of…

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CAF Highland Lakes Squadron – Douglas Dakota “Texas Zephyr” Arriving Home Soon!

Back in November 2019, we published a story aboutย the Commemorative Air Forceโ€™s Highland Lakes Squadronย having…

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I X4009 – Restoration Update – August, 2022

by John Parker Hunter Fighter Collection Incorporated, a registered not-for-profit charity based at Scone, NSW,…

Lancaster NX611 โ€˜Just Janeโ€™ โ€“ Restoration Update 174

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

Dakota Territory Air Museumโ€™s P-47 Update โ€“ July/August, 2022

We have just received the July/August, 2022 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of…

Spitfire Mk.V Restorations at Vintage Fighter Restorations

For the past few years, our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Onlineย has been following…

East Mississippi Veterans Foundation – RF-4C Phantom II Restoration

Back in late June, we posted a small article HERE about the East Mississippi Veterans…

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Sikorsky S-60 Flying Crane Prototype – Restoration Update August, 2022

Sikorsky's S-60 "Flying Crane" was a ground-breaking helicopter design which the famed manufacturer built in…

P-47N Thunderbolt Project Arrives at CAF Airbase Georgia

The Commemorative Air Force's Airbase Georgia, formerly known as the Dixie Wing, has established an…