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.


Lancaster NX611 Just Jane prepares for a major fuselage exchange this winter as wing repairs,…
Eisenhower’s Columbine II restoration advances with cabin upgrades, cockpit repairs, a restored nose cone, and…
Warbirds of Sweden is restoring FFVS J 22 A No. 22149, one of the last…
Eighty-two years after carrying 101st Airborne paratroopers into Normandy, D-Day veteran C-47 Night Fright has…
The B-17 Alliance reports significant progress on the restoration of B-17G Lacey Lady, including cockpit…
Lorenzo Lissoni Baer reports on the restoration of a rare RF-84G Thunderjet at Denmark’s Danmarks…
Discover the remarkable restoration of Gloster Gladiator Mk I 423, one of Norway’s legendary WWII…
The National Museum of the USAF prepares to unveil the last surviving prototype of a…
The restoration of VL Myrsky II MY-14 reached a major milestone as the aircraft’s wings…
AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Grasshopper restoration reaches key milestones, including engine installation, cockpit systems work,…
Following its arrival in 2021, the Air Zoo of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is now in the…
Vultures Row Aviation’s F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair restoration reaches a major milestone as the aircraft sits…
The legendary 1934 Caudron Rafale C.460 flew again following a meticulous restoration that reconnects Renault’s…
Volunteers at the Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum are nearing completion of a major F-8…
Restoration of a D-Day veteran Douglas C-47 Skytrain at the Museum of Aviation continues, with…
The Mid America Flight Museum celebrated the successful first flight of Jim Moss’s restored Gee…
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