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Hollywood Bomber Targets Spring 2024 For Airworthiness

December 17, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Gary Daniels Vintage Aviation News first reported on the restoration progress of the 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700 “Super 18” in January 2023. This aircraft is currently under a return-to-flight program at the Vintage Flying Museum […]

Smithy’s Historic Record Fokker VH-USU

December 7, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

Contributing Editor James Kightly profiles Fokker F.VIIb VH-USU – unquestionably one of the most important surviving aircraft of the long distance record era. The operation by the HARS Aviation Museum of the Fokker F.VIIb Trimotor […]

Fokker F VIIb ‘Southern Cross’ Replica Flies in Australia

December 7, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 5

After over 20 years on the ground, the Fokker F.VIIb Replica VH-USU ‘Southern Cross’, operated by the HARS Aviation Museum, of New South Wales, flew again in Australia on Tuesday 5 December 2023, departing off […]

Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival Fights The Weather

November 30, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

By Grant Newman The hard-working management team running the Wings over Wairarapa (WoW) Air Festival cannot seem to get a break. With previous airshows curtailed owing to COVID-19 and Cyclone Gabrielle, this year the team […]

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Cypriot Company Zela Aviation Acquired Famous Abandoned Olympic Airliners

November 26, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

Two of the rusting, stripped-down passenger jets that once belonged to Olympic Airways (OA), which had been abandoned at the Hellinikon Airport since 2001, were recently acquired by the Cypriot company Zela Aviation. The objective […]

WACO 100th Anniversary Fly-In

November 19, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Nigel Hitchman On September 15-17, 2023, the WACO Historical Society held a fly-in at Waco Field to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the famed aircraft manufacturer’s move to Troy, Ohio. The historic airfield is […]

Captain Gusso’s Piaggio P.149 Checks All the Boxes

November 18, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

After many years of military and civilian professional flying, Captain Giancarlo Gusso wanted to own an airplane for himself to enjoy flying in freedom, whenever and wherever he wanted, and without the rules and timetables […]

Aussie DC-2 Open Day

November 10, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 2

Report by Commissioning Editor James Kightly At Albury airport, NSW, Australia, on Saturday 28 October 2023, the Uiver Restoration Project opened its doors to the public for its major annual open day. The Project is […]

Ala Doble’s Vintage Aviation Invitational, 2023

October 22, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

Ala Doble Ranch invitation fly-in, Marginal Aviation ‘Last Ditch’ 29 – 30 September 2023 By Nigel Hitchman Walt Bowe again invited people to come to his airstrip in northern California for his fabulous flying event […]

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2023 Beech Party: 50th Anniversary Edition

October 22, 2023 Angela Decker 0

by Donivan Godsil 50 years ago, in the south-central part of Tennessee, there was a small cabin adjacent to the Tullahoma airport. This cabin would be the start of the Beechcraft Heritage Museum, and today, […]

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