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

Arctic P-38 Lightning Mission Recovery Keeps Going

By Austin Hancock In 2014, we reported on Ken McBrideโ€™s mission to continue recovery of…

B-29 “Doc” Makes Oshkosh!

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

B-17E Desert Rat Taking Shape

By Austin Hancock Woods Cross, UT - The B-17E โ€œDesert Ratโ€ project has come a…

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,…

Vintage Wings of Canada’s Spitfire Update

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

The Warning Star Rescue Project

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

CAF Dixie Wing P-63A Flies!

By Moreno Aguiari & Stephen Chapis After more than 40 years since itโ€™s last flight,…

Werribee B-24 Rising-Up, Down-Under

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

A-7 Corsair Restoration Imminent

By Austin Hancock The Flight Deck Veteranโ€™s Group, now with the blessing of the Edwardsville…

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…

Glenn H. Curtiss Museum P-40 Restoration

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

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…

The Last of the Breed โ€“ Mike Porterโ€™s Atomic Stearman

By Matt Jolley Atomic Stearman?ย  Yes, believe it or not,ย aroundย fiftyย Stearman biplanes were still flying in…