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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, […]

New Tailwheel Flight School Opens in Connecticut

February 26, 2024 Luc Zipkin 1

Luc Zipkin is a writer and content manager for Vintage Aviation News, is aged 19 at the time of writing and, in his own words, grew up in “a family thoroughly consumed by aviation”. Taking […]

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