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Shuttleworth Trust Launches £250,000 Appeal to Return de Havilland DH.88 Comet to Flight
The Shuttleworth Trust has launched a £250,000 appeal to rebuild de Havilland DH.88 Comet G-ACSS…
Randy’s Vintage Profiles: WACO UPF-7, s/n 5650
Explore the history of WACO UPF-7 N32018, a WWII-era Civilian Pilot Training Program aircraft restored…
New Tailwheel Flight School Opens in Connecticut
Luc Zipkin is a writer and content manager for Vintage Aviation News, is aged 19…
![The culmination of nearly 27 years work as Electra ZK-AFD reaches takeoff speed for the first post-restoration flight. [Photo by Ruth Christie]](https://vintageaviationnews.com/wp-content/uploads/ZK-AFD-20240131-Ardmore-Ruth-Christie-05-scaled.jpg "Lockheed 10A Electra Flies in New Zealand 17")
Lockheed 10A Electra Flies in New Zealand
By Zac Yates After more than two decades of meticulous restoration, an example of Lockheed's…
The Vision: The Return of the Dornier Do X
By Anthony Liberatore In Hildesheim, Germany, a replica of the Dornier Do X flying boat…
‘Grassroots’ Fly-In 2023 at Brodhead
Every September, the MAAC Midwest Antique Airplane Club holds its private, invitation-only grassroots fly-in in…
Tim Savage Adds Historic Western Airlines DC-3 to Collection
Tim Savage, warbird collector and long-time publisher of Warbird Digest, has acquired Douglas DC-3 NC33644, intending…
Hollywood Bomber Targets Spring 2024 For Airworthiness
By Gary Daniels Vintage Aviation News first reported on the restoration progress of the 1954…
Smithy’s Historic Record Fokker VH-USU
Contributing Editor James Kightly profiles Fokker F.VIIb VH-USU - unquestionably one of the most important…
Fokker F VIIb ‘Southern Cross’ Replica Flies in Australia
After over 20 years on the ground, the Fokker F.VIIb Replica VH-USU 'Southern Cross', operated…
Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival Fights The Weather
By Grant Newman The hard-working management team running the Wings over Wairarapa (WoW) Air Festival…
Cypriot Company Zela Aviation Acquired Famous Abandoned Olympic Airliners
Two of the rusting, stripped-down passenger jets that once belonged to Olympic Airways (OA), which…
WACO 100th Anniversary Fly-In
by Nigel Hitchman On September 15-17, 2023, the WACO Historical Society held a fly-in at…
Captain Gusso’s Piaggio P.149 Checks All the Boxes
After many years of military and civilian professional flying, Captain Giancarlo Gusso wanted to own…
Aussie DC-2 Open Day
Report by Commissioning Editor James Kightly At Albury airport, NSW, Australia, on Saturday 28 October…
Ala Doble’s Vintage Aviation Invitational, 2023
Ala Doble Ranch invitation fly-in, Marginal Aviation ‘Last Ditch’ 29 - 30 September 2023 By…
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