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2024 Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand Fly-In

May 26, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Nigel Hitchman The Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand held their autumn fly-in and AGM at the home of the Taupo gliding club, a big wide grass strip just north of town. With low […]

Aussie Antiquers 50th Fly-In

April 29, 2024 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 2

By Commissioning Editor James Kightly On the extended weekend of the April 18th – 21st 2024, the Antique Aeroplane Association of Australia (AAAA, or generally known to the aficionados as the ‘Antiquers’) celebrated the organization’s […]

Nothing By Chance: The Return of Parks Biplane N499H

April 26, 2024 Zac Yates 12

By Zac Yates “I only know that I want that biplane. I want it because I want to travel through time and I want to fly a difficult airplane and I want to feel the […]

The DC 8 aircraft returned to NASAs Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703 in Palmdale California

NASA Retires Its DC-8

April 16, 2024 Adam Estes 2

By Adam Estes When the Douglas DC-8 was first flown in 1958, it was just the second American jetliner produced, second only to the Boeing 707, and was among the first narrow-body, four-engine jetliners that […]

The Rebirth of an Iconic British Propeller Brand…in Italy!

April 13, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE The Fairey-Reed propeller for the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, which is now getting very difficult to acquire, is undergoing new production engineering by GT-Propellers of Italy with different features. The original all-metal […]

Eclipse Chasing Concorde 1973

April 6, 2024 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 2

By Commissioning Editor James Kightly As covered in our article ‘NASA WB-57 to chase the 2024 total solar eclipse‘, the high altitude capabilities of a rare, specialist aircraft is being used to undertake stratospheric astronomy. […]

EAA Ford Tri-Motor Tour Resumes

March 29, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 1

PRESS RELEASE The excitement of the roaring ‘20s returns to the sky as EAA’s Ford Tri-Motor tour kicks off the 2024 season in April. The first stop on the schedule is at Double Eagle II […]

The Spirit of Douglas C 53 New Livery Completion Takes Flight

C-53 Takes Flight in New Livery as ‘Spirit of Douglas’

March 26, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 1

The C-53 N8336C, previously known as Spirit of Benovia, has been renamed Spirit of Douglas and a brand new livery was applied by DC-3 restoration experts Aerometal International, Inc. in the U.S. The fully restored […]

Connor Flynn sits in the bare fuselage of Spartan C3-165 s/n113, the aircraft he's restoring to airworthiness. [Photo via Connor Flynn]

Young Man, Old Plane – BIG Challenge

March 12, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Courtney Hale Caillouet Spartan Aircraft is far more notable for its Model 7 Executive aircraft, but the company’s rather humble beginnings were with a biplane. The C3 model was based on a design by […]

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Dutch Call Time on DC-3 Pleasure Flying

February 29, 2024 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 4

By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor One of the world’s longest-serving vintage aircraft rides organizations is finishing up its passenger flying operation at the end of 2024. Founded back in 1982, as the Dutch Dakota Association, […]

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