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Alaska Aviation Museum’s Goose Flies After Restoration

June 7, 2024 Adam Estes 1

By Adam Estes When discussing warbird/vintage aircraft restorations in the United States, there is a great focus on those restoring in the ‘Lower 48’ contiguous continental states simply due to the sheer quantity at one […]

Vought Heritage Foundation Completes O3U-3 Corsair Reproduction

June 6, 2024 Adam Estes and Gary Daniels 2

By Adam Estes Whenever someone mentions “Vought” and/or “Corsair” in aviation circles, most enthusiasts think immediately of the F4U Corsair that helped secure U.S. naval air supremacy in the skies of the Pacific during World […]

Restored YF-16 Prototype #2 Unveiled at Fort Worth Aviation Museum

June 3, 2024 Zac Yates 2

On June 1st, 2024 the Fort Worth Aviation Museum in Fort Worth, TX unveiled the #2 General Dynamics YF-16 prototype, 72-1568, restored to appear as it did on August 9th, 1979. As previously reported by […]

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 221

May 28, 2024 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

As regular readers will know, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is under restoration to airworthy condition with the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at the former RAF East Kirkby airfield in Lincolnshire, England. The group continues to […]

MAPS Air Museum’s FG-1D Corsair Restoration

May 27, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 3

During WWII, Goodyear Aircraft Corporation (GAC) manufactured approximately 4,000 Corsairs, categorized into three main variants: the FG-1, FG-1A, and FG-1D. These variants closely resembled Vought-Sikorsky’s F4U-1, F4U-1A, and F4U-1D designs, respectively. GAC also constructed a […]

Palm Springs Air Museum Completes Boeing Skyfox Restoration

May 27, 2024 Adam Estes 8

By Adam Estes From the early days of aviation, the desert skies above southern California have seen a great multitude of unique and boundary-pushing aircraft, but at the Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM), one of […]

Fleet Readiness Center East FRCE Restores A 4M Skyhawk To Former Glory 2

Fleet Readiness Center East Restores A-4M Skyhawk To Former Glory

May 23, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

From an original article published on NAVAIR News Early in May the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) technicians had a rare opportunity to restore a piece of aviation history for display at Marine Corps Air […]

Norwegian CF-104D Starfighter Performs Afterburner Test Run

May 22, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

On May 22nd, 2024, the CF-104D Starfighter 637 / LN-STF conducted a series of engine tests including lighting the afterburner. The engine runs were performed one the last time inside Bodø Airport’s engine test cell, […]

Spitfire MJ444 Roars!

May 14, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

On Saturday, May 11th, 2024, following a successful test run earlier in the week, the MJ444 Supporters witnessed the Merlin engine roar to life as part of a fully assembled airframe for the first time. […]

B-17 Liberty Belle Restoration – Don Brooks Interview

May 6, 2024 Adam Estes 1

by Adam Estes and Moreno Aguiari Over the past few decades, there have been numerous occasions where a wrecked warbird once considered a total loss was eventually resurrected into airworthy condition. The B-17G known around […]

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