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

All Boomerangs Come Back: An Australian Fighter’s Gradual Return

The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation at Fisherman's Bend near Melbourne, Australia is well known for producing…

World’s Only Flyable A-26K ‘Counter Invader’ Airworthy Again!

By Zane Adams In January 2010, a rare warbird arrived in Fort Worth, Texas after…

Rathmines Catalina Restoration Update – June, 2017

RATHMINES CATALINA RESTORATION UPDATE JUNE 2017 by Terry Woolard / Phil Buckley and Photos by…

XP-82 Twin Mustang – June, 2017 – Restoration Update

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

Newly-Restored Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik Flies in Russia

On June 16th, 2017, a newly restored Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik took the skies overย the Siberian…

The First Flight of the Roseland Spitfire

By Dave Oโ€™Malley Arnold Roseland was just 28 years old when he died in an…

HARS Wirraway Restoration Update

By Phil Buckley A rare CAC Wirraway CA-3 Mark II is under rebuild within theย Historical…

English Electric Canberra and de Havilland Vampire set to Return to the Air

In the biggest news in recent years, the Temora Aviation Museum's president and founder, David…

XP-82 Twin Mustang – May, 2017 – Restoration Update

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

Fouga Magister Reborn in the Netherlands

Fouga Reborn by Gert Jan Mentink The Dutch Historic Jet Associationโ€™s Fouga Magister, registered F-GLHF,…

Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration Project

Recently WarbirdsNewsย presented aย restoration report concerningย the P-51C Mustang projectย underwayย for the Texas Flying Legends Museum, at AirCorps…

Museum of Aviation F-100 Super Sabre Goes on Display

After seven years of hard work, the North American F-100D Super Sabre at the Museum…

Two Historic Airplanes to Receive Restoration at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

  By Austin Hancock Albuquerque, NM - The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History…

‘Just Janeโ€™ Re-Finish Completed

By Austin Hancock Lincolnshire, UK - In the month that has elapsed since our last…