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

XP-82 Twin Mustang – September, 2014 Restoration Update

As usual, WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly…

B-29 “Doc” Update, Flaps Installation

Volunteers with Doc’s Friends have now installed the flaps on the B-29. The flaps were the…

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B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – August, 2014 Update

While some of this news has been covered in an earlier piece, WarbirdsNews felt our…

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Gaining Altitude: The Mosquito Reborn

WarbirdsNews likes to support worthy projects when we find them, and we've come across one…

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138th Aviation Company Memorial Update

Back in March, WarbirdsNews published a story concerning the 138th Aviation Company Memorial, a small organization…

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XP-82 Twin Mustang – August 2014 Restoration Update

As usual, WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly…

National Museum of the USAF to Begin Restoring Massive Titan 4B Rocket

PRESS RELEASE — It sits in gigantic pieces in a World War II era hangar…

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F-4D Phantom II Cockpit Resurrected from the Dead

The hobby of collecting aircraft cockpits first really took off, so to speak, in the…

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New Acquisition for The Warbirds Of Glory Museum

The mortal remains of a previously unknown North American B-25J Mitchell survivor have come to…

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B-17G “Lacey Lady” Coming Off Poles Imminently

As many of our readers will be well aware from a previous article, the famous…

Newly Restored Stearman PT-13D Kaydet on Display at The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

PRESS RELEASE- A highly-accurate, pristine example of one of the most used trainers during World…

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NASM’s Heinkel He-219 Restoration Update

WarbirdsNews has some exciting news coming from the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum, and…

de Havilland DH.88 Comet (G-ACSS) returns to flight

As reported on Friday, August 1st on Global Aviation Resource, the Shuttleworth Collection’s de Havilland DH.88 Comet…

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XP-82 Twin Mustang – July 2014 Restoration Update

As usual, WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly…