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

McChord Air Museum Completes 25-Year Restoration, Wins Award

Volunteers for the McChord Air Museum, located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington have…

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Lands at Fantasy of Flight

Kermit Weeks and his team from Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, spent about…

Fort Worth Aviation Museum Taking on the Restoration of A-12 Avenger II

It undoubtedly took some wangling, but the Veterans Memorial Air Park of Fort Worth has…

UK Shackleton Preservation Trust Restoring Growler to Flying Condition

Serving the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1951 to 1991 and the South African Air…

Restored Wildcat and One Recently Retrieved from Lake Michigan to Share a Stage at AirVenture 2013

As we recently reported, the ever-popular Warbirds in Review Program at EAA AirVenture 2013 in…

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Found in Puerto Rico is Australia Bound

The Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Trust (RCMPT), after a worldwide, seven-year search, located and purchased…

The Restoration to Flying Condition of XP-82 Twin Mustang Prototype 44-83887

Tom Reilly is no stranger to warbird restoration; he owned the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration…

Vulcan to the Sky Trust Works to Keep Last Flying Avro Vulcan Aloft

The world's sole remaining airworthy Avro Vulcan, "The Spirit of Great Britain" XH558 was reported…

RAAF F-111 Lands at Queensland Air Museum

As part of a program where the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has restored and…

Ex-RNZAF Avenger Gifted to Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society

An ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Grumman TBF-1 Avenger aircraft that the Gisborne Aviation…

National Airline History Museum to Commemorate Historic Coast to Coast Connie Flight

The National Airline History Museum of Kansas City, Missouri is on a drive to raise…

Alberta Aviation Museum CF104 Starfighter Restoration Progressing

In an update on the Alberta Aviation Museum's recently acquired Canadair CF-104 Starfighter that we've…

Veteran Grumman Albatross Senselessly Destroyed in Italy

On May 17, 2013, a Grumman HU-16 Albatross displayed by the Museo dell’Aria del Castello…

Iconic Aermacchi MB-326 Jet Returns to Italian Skies

As we recently reported, this year marks the centenary of Italian aerospace firm Alenia Aermacchi,…