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

Arctic P-38 Lightning Mission Recovery Keeps Going

By Austin Hancock In 2014, we reported on Ken McBride’s mission to continue recovery of…

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B-29 “Doc” Makes Oshkosh!

B-29 Doc will make four national tour stops through the first half of the 2017…

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B-17E Desert Rat Taking Shape

By Austin Hancock Woods Cross, UT - The B-17E “Desert Rat” project has come a…

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Collings Foundation Receives Former Tuskegee PT-19A Project

The Collings Foundation of Stowe, MA has received a 1944 Fairchild M-62A (PT-19A) s/n 9504AE,…

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Vintage Wings of Canada’s Spitfire Update

By Dave O'Malley In 1967, just 22 years after the end of the Second World…

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The Warning Star Rescue Project

By Austin Hancock Belleville, MI - The Yankee Air Force/Museum, known for operating a gorgeous…

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CAF Dixie Wing P-63A Flies!

By Moreno Aguiari & Stephen Chapis After more than 40 years since it’s last flight,…

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Werribee B-24 Rising-Up, Down-Under

By Austin Hancock - From a report of Phil Buckley and photos by Dave Miller.…

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A-7 Corsair Restoration Imminent

By Austin Hancock The Flight Deck Veteran’s Group, now with the blessing of the Edwardsville…

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XP-82 Twin Mustang – January 2017 – Restoration Update

WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his…

Reevers Warbirds’s B-25 “Lucky Lady” Update

By Phil Buckley Reevers Warbirds, in Adelaide, Australia, moved its NAA B-25J Mitchell s/n 44-31508…

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Glenn H. Curtiss Museum P-40 Restoration

By Stephen Chapis In August 2011, the Restoration Shop at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum…

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Memphis Belle to be Placed on Public Display in May 2018

One of the most recognizable symbols of World War II will once again report for…

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The Last of the Breed – Mike Porter’s Atomic Stearman

By Matt Jolley Atomic Stearman?  Yes, believe it or not, around fifty Stearman biplanes were still flying in…

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