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Lufthansa Lockheed Starliner Moves to Paderborn Airport in Germany

March 3, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

After our most recent report from Constellation connoisseur Ralph Pettersen concerning the status of President Eisenhower’s executive VC-121 Constellation transport, Columbine II, presently under rebuild with Dynamic Aviation in Bridgewater, Virginia, a number of questions […]

Savoia-Marchetti S.55X Flying Boat – Rebuild Update – Summer 2019

August 23, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in May 2016, we published a story about an ambitious project in Italy to build a static replica of a Savoia-Marchetti S.55, the famous twin-hulled flying boat which broke fourteen long distance, altitude and […]

Savoia-Marchetti S.55 X Flying Boat Update

March 1, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 3

Back in May 2016, WarbirdsNews published a story about an ambitious project in Italy to build a replica of a Savoia-Marchetti S.55, the famous twin-hulled flying boat which broke fourteen long distance, altitude and payload […]

Fly Party 2016 Photo by Luigino Caliaro7

Historical Aircraft Group’s Fly Party 2016 – Italian Air Show Report

July 5, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 2

The HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT GROUP (HAG) held their 6th annual FLY PARTY at Montagnana airfield in the province of Padua, Italy over the weekend of June 25th/26th. Almost two hundred aircraft and pilots gathered in this little […]

Lufthansa Lockheed L-1649A Super Star Restoration – Part 1

June 2, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 9

The Lockheed Constellation is one of the most iconic airliners ever built, and one could even go so far as to say it is one of the most beautiful aircraft ever designed. The Constellation still resonates […]

Rebuilding the Savoia-Marchetti S.55 X Flying Boat

May 18, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 7

From an original article by Franco Bugada During March 2016, a new partnership emerged in Italy under the banner of the Savoia-Marchetti Historical Group. As the name suggests, the society aims to promote and preserve the history of […]

Boeing 727 Prototype Makes Her Last Flight

March 2, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

The evocative and now sadly rare whine of three Pratt&Whitney JT8D engines ringing in close harmony echoed over Paine Field in Everett, Washington as the prototype Boeing 727 airliner made her final flight today; a short hop […]

Air Show Report: HAG Flyparty 2013 was Full of Surprises

July 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The fifth annual Historical Aircraft Group’s (HAG) HAG Fly Party was held recently at the historic Montagnana Airfield in Montagnana, Italy. The air show saw the field invaded with the best of the best of […]

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Lufthansa Lockheed Starliner Moves to Paderborn Airport in Germany

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Savoia-Marchetti S.55 X Flying Boat Update

Historical Aircraft Group’s Fly Party 2016 – Italian Air Show Report

Lufthansa Lockheed L-1649A Super Star Restoration – Part 1

Rebuilding the Savoia-Marchetti S.55 X Flying Boat

Boeing 727 Prototype Makes Her Last Flight

Air Show Report: HAG Flyparty 2013 was Full of Surprises

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