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Rare Hawker Tempest II Comes to the States for Restoration

March 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

With Indian Air Force livery still evident, Hawker Tempest II MW404 arrived at Hooks Memorial Airport near Houston, Texas to its new owner Chris Miller who had shipped the plane from the United Kingdom. Over […]

KB-50J to be Displayed at the Pima Air and Space Museum

February 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

After 6 months of meticulous restoration the KB-50J is now fully restored and ready to be displayed at Pima Air and Space museum. The Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber was a post–World War II revision […]

A Quick Maintenance Update On The Hurricane PZ865

February 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hurricane PZ865 was the last of 14,533 Hurricanes produced. Right out of the factory it carried the Inscription ‘The Last of the Many’ on her port and starboard sides. Keen to preserve the last Hurricane […]

Sabre F-86 Mk5 Escorted by Sarnia Police

February 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Sabre F-86 Mk5 owned by the Sarnia 403 Wing RCAFA was transported today to the hanagar of COPA Flight 7 with Sarnia Police escorting the Jet through the city. This aircraft is one of […]

Restoration of Thompson Trophy-Winning P-51D Mustang

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The New England Air Museum’s (NEAM) North American P-51D Mustang, N13Y, has been moved out of storage and into their 11,000 square foot restoration hangar, where crew chief Pete McConnell and his team are now […]

Grumman Wildcat Retrieved From Lake Michigan

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 8

Lost during a training exercise, FM-2 Wildcat BuNo 57039 broke the surface of Lake Michigan where it had lain beneath the waves for nearly 70 years, tattered but substantially complete. The General Motors-built FM-2 suffered […]

Famous Italian Artists G-46 To Be Restored

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Roberto Crippa (b. Monza, 17 May 1921; d. Milan, 19 March 1972) was a famous Italian painter and sculptor. Crippa was also an acrobatic pilot who competed at the international level. In 1972 during a […]

Uruguayan P-51 Mustang Soon to Fly

February 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

A former Uruguayan Air Force North American P-51 Mustang is reaching the end of an extensive restoration that will return it to flying condition performed by the award winning P-51 specialist firm, Midwest Aero of […]

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World War One Reproductions Take Flight

February 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The second airworthy Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b and R.E.8 reproductions to emerge from The Vintage Aviator, Ltd’s factory in Wellington, New Zealand recently made their public debut at TVAL’s Remembrance Day Air Show in New […]

New Zealand DC-3 Commemorates Historic Batten Flight

February 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Retracing the route taken by famed aviatrix Jean Batten when she made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand during October 1936, Airscapade‘s Douglas DC-3C N451ZS arrived in Auckland, New Zealand following a […]

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