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EAA Ford Tri-Motor Tour Continues in 2023
PRESS RELEASE EAA’s annual tradition of touring a vintage Ford Tri-Motor across the country to…
Rebuilding the Savoia-Marchetti S.55 X Flying Boat
From an original article by Franco Bugada During March 2016, a new partnership emerged in Italy under…
![The culmination of nearly 27 years work as Electra ZK-AFD reaches takeoff speed for the first post-restoration flight. [Photo by Ruth Christie]](https://vintageaviationnews.com/wp-content/uploads/ZK-AFD-20240131-Ardmore-Ruth-Christie-05-scaled.jpg "Lockheed 10A Electra Flies in New Zealand 15")
Lockheed 10A Electra Flies in New Zealand
By Zac Yates After more than two decades of meticulous restoration, an example of Lockheed's…
The Vision: The Return of the Dornier Do X
By Anthony Liberatore In Hildesheim, Germany, a replica of the Dornier Do X flying boat…
‘Grassroots’ Fly-In 2023 at Brodhead
Every September, the MAAC Midwest Antique Airplane Club holds its private, invitation-only grassroots fly-in in…
Tim Savage Adds Historic Western Airlines DC-3 to Collection
Tim Savage, warbird collector and long-time publisher of Warbird Digest, has acquired Douglas DC-3 NC33644, intending…
Hollywood Bomber Targets Spring 2024 For Airworthiness
By Gary Daniels Vintage Aviation News first reported on the restoration progress of the 1954…
Smithy’s Historic Record Fokker VH-USU
Contributing Editor James Kightly profiles Fokker F.VIIb VH-USU - unquestionably one of the most important…
Fokker F VIIb ‘Southern Cross’ Replica Flies in Australia
After over 20 years on the ground, the Fokker F.VIIb Replica VH-USU 'Southern Cross', operated…
Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival Fights The Weather
By Grant Newman The hard-working management team running the Wings over Wairarapa (WoW) Air Festival…
Cypriot Company Zela Aviation Acquired Famous Abandoned Olympic Airliners
Two of the rusting, stripped-down passenger jets that once belonged to Olympic Airways (OA), which…
WACO 100th Anniversary Fly-In
by Nigel Hitchman On September 15-17, 2023, the WACO Historical Society held a fly-in at…
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