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

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – March, 2019

WarbirdsNews has just received the March, 2019 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of…

Lopes Hope 3rd – A Restoration Retrospective

Chuck Cravens recently submitted a fascinating retrospective featuring the recent restoration at AirCorps Aviation in…

Paul G. Allen Expedition Discovers the Sunken USS Wasp and Her Aircraft

Unbeknownst to almost all us at the time we reported the discovery last month of…

CAF Bell P-63F Kingcobra Re-emerges in Fresh Livery

Following on from our report concerning the first flight of Bell P-39F Airacobra 41-2175 a few…

Thunder Over Michigan Adds 11th Corsair to Lineup!!!

Following on from our article on February 22, we can now report that the Yankee…

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – February, 2019

WarbirdsNews has just received the February, 2019 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of…

Bell P-39F Airacobra 41-2175 Flies!!!

Well, the news we were hoping for has arrived. Jerry Yagen's Bell P-39F Airacobra 41-2175 under…

Vintage Aviation Museum’s PV-2 Harpoon Close to Flying Again

Back in October, 2017 we published a report concerning the Vintage Aviation Museum's acquisition of…

Fokker D.XXI Fighter Replica to Fly in 2020

Fokker D.XXI Fighter Replica to Fly in 2020 by Richard Mallory Allnutt (Editor) The Dutch…

P-39 Airacobra – First Flight Nears

As some readers will have noticed, on February 4th, Pioneer Aero Ltd. ran the Allison…

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ – Restoration Update – Feb. 2019

An update from our friends at Vintage Wings Inc. and progress with the full restoration…

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – January, 2019

WarbirdsNews has just received the January, 2019 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of…

Norwegian Spitfire Foundation Announce Restoration of Spitfire Mk.IX PL258

After a significant search for a suitable airframe, the Norwegian Spitfire Foundation (NSF) has just announced…

XP-82 Twin Mustang First “Official” Post-Restoration Flight!

The moment which every WarbirdsNews reader will have eagerly anticipated since we first started reporting on the…