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Florida Air Cargo – Where Douglas DC-3s Still Work for a Living

March 2, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 10

Florida Air Cargo still operates three DC-3/C-47 on a commercial basis – almost ninety years after the type’s initial flight on December 17, 1935! […]

EAA Ford Tri-Motor Tour Continues in 2023

February 28, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 3

PRESS RELEASE EAA’s annual tradition of touring a vintage Ford Tri-Motor across the country to give people a taste of the roaring ‘20s returns in 2023. As part of an agreement with the Liberty Aviation […]

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de Havilland Dragon Rapide Takes Flight in New Zealand

February 23, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 1

by Nigel Hitchman & James Kightly The team from Avspecs Ltd. has just flown de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide ZK-AKU following a multi-year rebuild effort at Ardmore Airport in Auckland, New Zealand. Ryan Southam took the vintage aircraft up […]

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Historic Vickers Vimy Exhibit Reopened in Adelaide

February 22, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 1

by James Kightly (with Nigel Daw & Maikha Ly) On December 16th, 2022, the historic Vickers Vimy Mk.IV G-EAOU was unveiled in its new display building at Adelaide Airport Terminal in Adelaide, South Australia in […]

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Nord Pingouin Flies Again After 62 Year Hiatus

February 13, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Restored Nord Pingouin makes first flight in 62 years by Col Pope Nord 1002 Pingouin II G-OTME has made its first post-restoration flight following a comprehensive restoration by Vintage Fabrics at Audley End, in Essex, […]

Something Old, Something New – All Jenny

February 8, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

by James Kightly At the Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum in Poplar Grove, Illinois, a magnificent example of the Curtiss Jenny has become the museum’s centerpiece. Bearing registration N1DP on its rudder, this beautiful machine […]

Wilderness Seaplanes

January 8, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

Without the Goose making an appearance, Christmas on Canada British Columbia’s wild coast is incomplete… Even Scrooge acknowledges the significance of having a Goose at Christmas. And it also applies to the hardy Central Coast […]

Jackie Cochran Beech 18 Restoration Project

Restoring Jackie Cochran’s Twin Beech

January 3, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

Beech 18, N13JC, is currently under a return-to-flight program at the Vintage Flying Museum (VFM) of Fort Worth, Texas. The Twin Beech, a 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700, construction number BA-31, was gifted to VFM several years […]

Continuing the Legacy of the Ford Tri-Motor

December 28, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Experimental Aircraft Association’s Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor is one of just a handful of airworthy examples remaining of this iconic, 1920s aircraft. Affectionately known as the “Tin Goose” the type was one of America’s first […]

Lockheed Electra Rescue Project

December 19, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Lockheed 10 Electra airliner was an important type in aviation history, and the first aircraft the renowned designer Kelly Johnson worked on for the company where he was to make his name. Of the […]

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