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AVI-8 Launches Flyboy LaFayette Edition

Many of the 38 Americans who flew with the French in the Lafayette Escadrille were…

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MySky SkyCart to Showcase the Unparalleled 
Style of WWII Nose Art

WarbirdsNews welcomes a new partner, MySkyCart.com. The company manufactures airline galley carts which you might…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: A Russian Officer and Pickle Soup

Armageddon is mentioned in the Book of Revelation as a reference to the final battle…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: Flying Fabric and Piloting Plywood

By Pete Mecca Like a deadly cobra, colorful anti-aircraft tracers swivel and coil around your…

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AirCorps Aviation Launches Aeroscan, 3D Laser Scanning Technology

With the world’s fleet of affordable, airworthy aircraft aging, owners and operators are continually facing…

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Allied Jet Killers of World War 2

In 2013, Warbird Digest Associate Editor & WarbirdsNews contributor Stephen Chapis interviewed World War II…

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The Legacy of Top Gun

By Hill Goodspeed Historian Historian, National Naval Aviation Museum Article originally written for the Sextant…

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Warbird Bucket List

By Julie M Vessigault What is on your Aviation "Bucket List”?  If you are reading…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: Interview with The Last Raider

By Pete Mecca The Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing World War II Days at Falcon…

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Introducing the Hawker Hunter Timepiece

If greatness in a combat airplane equates with outstanding service longevity and extreme operational flexibility…

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A VETERAN’S STORY: The Ghost Liberator — Lady Be Good

By Peter Mecca She was not appealing and handled like a long-haul tractor/trailer with 18…

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No Ordinary Soldier: My Father’s Two Wars

By Liz Gilmore Williams I flew into Honolulu in late March 2013, filled with excitement.…

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AVI-8 Honors RAF Ace in New FLYBOY Series

By Stephen Chapis The watchmakers at AVI-8 continue to turn out quality timepieces and the…

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Hard Luck Beech

By Stephen Chapis Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator USAAF #42-43506 (c/n 4309) rolled off the Wichita production…

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