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Savoia Marchetti Historical Group Nears Completion of S.55X I-BALB Reconstruction
The Savoia Marchetti Historical Group’s decade-long reconstruction of the legendary S.55X I-BALB flying boat is…
Randy’s Vintage Profiles: WACO Model UBF-2/U.S. Navy XJW-1
Explore the story of the WACO UBF-2 and U.S. Navy XJW-1, a rare prewar utility…
Update on the Vintage Flying Museum’s Beechcraft E18S “Hollywood Bomber” Project
This 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700, known as Hollywood Bomber, is undergoing a return-to-flight program at the…
Connie Cocktail Lounge at The TWA Hotel
In the middle of the 21st century hustle and bustle of John F. Kennedy Airport,…
Australia’s Historical Aircraft Restoration Society to Restore Rare 1935 Douglas DC-2
This week, Historical Aircraft Restoration Society announced the restoration of a 1935 Douglas DC-2. The…
Vintage in Review to Highlight Stories of Antique and Classic Aircraft During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024
uilt between the dawn of powered flight and 1970 will take place July 22-26 adjacent…
2024 Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand Fly-In
By Nigel Hitchman The Tiger Moth Club of New Zealand held their autumn fly-in and…
Aussie Antiquers 50th Fly-In
By Commissioning Editor James Kightly On the extended weekend of the April 18th - 21st …
Nothing By Chance: The Return of Parks Biplane N499H
By Zac Yates "I only know that I want that biplane. I want it because…
NASA Retires Its DC-8
By Adam Estes When the Douglas DC-8 was first flown in 1958, it was just…
The Rebirth of an Iconic British Propeller Brand…in Italy!
PRESS RELEASE The Fairey-Reed propeller for the de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, which is now…
Eclipse Chasing Concorde 1973
By Commissioning Editor James Kightly As covered in our article 'NASA WB-57 to chase the…
EAA Ford Tri-Motor Tour Resumes
PRESS RELEASE The excitement of the roaring ‘20s returns to the sky as EAA’s Ford…
C-53 Takes Flight in New Livery as ‘Spirit of Douglas’
The C-53 N8336C, previously known as Spirit of Benovia, has been renamed Spirit of Douglas…
![Connor Flynn sits in the bare fuselage of Spartan C3-165 s/n113, the aircraft he's restoring to airworthiness. [Photo via Connor Flynn]](https://vintageaviationnews.com/wp-content/uploads/Spartan-C3-165-Biplane_6413-Edit.jpg "Young Man, Old Plane – BIG Challenge 39")
Young Man, Old Plane – BIG Challenge
By Courtney Hale Caillouet Spartan Aircraft is far more notable for its Model 7 Executive…
Dutch Call Time on DC-3 Pleasure Flying
By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor One of the world's longest-serving vintage aircraft rides organizations is…
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![XB259, the last surviving example of the Blackburn Beverley, has been at Fort Paull near Hull since 1974. [Photo via Solway Aviation Museum]](https://vintageaviationnews.com/wp-content/uploads/XB259-via-Solway-Aviation-Museum-01-150x150.jpg "Museum Launches Fundraiser to Save the Last Blackburn Beverley 45")
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