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Light Aircraft Association Rally 2024

September 12, 2024 Emma Quedzuweit 0

The Light Aircraft Association Rally in Leicester, England, is Europe’s largest fly-in of the year, with a great showing for 2024 […]

Pepsi-Cola Stinson Reliant at Oshkosh

September 2, 2024 Adam Estes 0

There is always something of interest for attendees of the annual Airventure at Oshkosh. In the Vintage Aircraft section, an award-winning Stinson SR-7B Reliant, fresh out of restoration, glistened on the grass in front of […]

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Oaksey Park”s De Havilland Moth Club Fly-In

August 25, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

This year, the de Havilland Moth Club hosted their annual fly-in at Oaksey Park airfield, a charming grass strip. Despite the warm, sunny weather, a strong crosswind at some participants’ home bases prevented several expected aircraft from attending—safety first, after all. […]

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UK Vintage Aircraft Club VAC 60th Anniversary Fly-In

August 21, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

UK Vintage Aircraft Club (VAC) 60th Anniversary Fly-In at Old Warden, Bedfordshire: A Celebration of Aviation Heritage […]

Will Rogers and Wiley Post with Explorer Orion August 1935 Library of Congress

Wiley Post & Will Rogers Die in Point Barrow Crash

August 18, 2024 Stephen Chapis 0

Eighty-nine years ago this week, the world lost two larger than life personalities- legendary and record setting aviator Wiley Post and beloved literary Will Rogers. […]

Update on the Vintage Flying Museum’s Beechcraft E18S “Hollywood Bomber” Project

August 9, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

This 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700, known as Hollywood Bomber, is undergoing a return-to-flight program at the Vintage Flying Museum (VFM) in Fort Worth, Texas. The aircraft once belonged to Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochran, the renowned record-setting aviatrix and founder of the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) organization. […]

Connie Cocktail Lounge at The TWA Hotel

July 16, 2024 Stephen Chapis 2

In the middle of the 21st century hustle and bustle of John F. Kennedy Airport, the TWA Hotel is a rip in the space-time continuum that will transport you back to 1962 and the heyday of airline travel. One of the highlights of the hotel is the Lockheed Constellation Cocktail Lounge. […]

Australia’s Historical Aircraft Restoration Society to Restore Rare 1935 Douglas DC-2

July 13, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 3

This week, Historical Aircraft Restoration Society announced the restoration of a 1935 Douglas DC-2. The airplane’s fuselage has arrived at the HARS Museum, with the wings and other parts in storage, awaiting reassembly to bring the DC-2 back to life. […]

Vintage in Review to Highlight Stories of Antique and Classic Aircraft During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024

June 15, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

uilt between the dawn of powered flight and 1970 will take place July 22-26 adjacent to the Vintage Hangar. This year’s headline presentations will focus on antique and classic aircraft from the 1920s to the […]

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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 […]

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