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Help Save Lightning XR713

May 2, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

Campaign to Save Lightning XR713: Exclusive WarbirdsNews article written by Tom Moran of Urban Ghosts A campaign is underway to save English Electric Lightning XR713, which is currently awaiting disposal at RAF Leuchars in Scotland. […]

XP-82 Twin Mustang Restoration – April Update

May 1, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his workshop in Douglas, Georgia. We thought you’d enjoy seeing what they’ve been up to! Click the jump to find out more…

“Cycle to the Sky” in Support of Vulcan XH558

April 30, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

WarbirdsNews believes in doing what it can to help promote events and objectives which support the continued preservation or celebration of vintage aircraft and stories of the people surrounding them. As such we will try […]

CAF Chooses DALLAS!

April 29, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 8

Update: 4/30/2014: Now with additional photographs The Commemorative Air Force announced just moments ago, after a year-long study, that they have selected the city of Dallas, Texas for their National Air Base. Their new headquarters […]

C8A0533 Richard Mallory Allnutt photo Warbirds Over The Beach Military Aviation Museum Pungo VA May 19 2013

B-17G “Chuckie” To Become “Madras Maiden”

April 28, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 16

“Nothing stays the same for ever”, as the saying goes, and the time has come for the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress known as “Chuckie” for over three decades to receive a new name. She will […]

Royal Air Force Museum secures Heritage Lottery Fund Investment for ‘The First World War In The Air’

April 22, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

From the Royal Air Force Museum: The Royal Air Force Museum is delighted to announce that it has received a confirmed grant of £898,558 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the creation of ‘The […]

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Former Ed Russell Hawker Hurricane Mk XII Arrives in Australia

April 22, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 6

Based upon an article by John Parker of Warbirds Online Australia has a flyable Hawker Hurricane on its shores for probably the first time since the 1940s. The aircraft, a Canadian-built Hurricane XII, recently arrived […]

WWII Heritage Days – Honoring the Women of the Greatest Generation

April 21, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE -The sights and sounds of The Greatest Generation will come alive when the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing hosts the eleventh annual “WWII Heritage Days” April 26-27, 2014. The history festival will […]

Five Iconic Mustangs To Celebrate the Life of Ed Bowlin

April 18, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

Today five P-51 Mustangs will be arriving at Falcon Field in Peachtree City, GA to participate in a missing man to honor the life of Ed Bowlin, who passed away on March 7, 2014. Yesterday […]

English Electric Canberra – Restoration Progress Report

April 18, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 7

Geoff Jones reports: Work on Classic Aviation Projects Ltd’s English Electric Canberra B.2 restoration at Air Base, Coventry is proceeding well. The Avro Woodford-built Canberra, RAF serial WK163, has been at Air Atlantique’s base in Coventry […]

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