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VWoC Restoration of Former SAAF Spitfire Moving Along

Gatineau, Quebec-based Vintage Wings of Canada, in addition to the restoration of their Hawker Hurricane…

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Tora! Tora! Tora! Aerial Re-enactment Scheduled for EAA AirVenture 2013

EAA AirVenture 2013 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will commemorate the heroism and history involved in the…

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Columbia Helicopters Acquires Swedish Vertol 107s

Columbia Helicopters of Aurora, Oregon, has acquired 11 of the 14 Swedish Boeing/Kawasaki Vertol 107s…

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Yankee Air Museum Tries to Raise $6 Million to Purchase Former B-24 Bomber Factory

The Yankee Air Museum of Belleville, Michigan has just announced a $6 million campaign to…

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Warbird Heritage Foundation Begins Restoration of Goodyear FG-1D Corsair

The Warbird Heritage Foundation of Waukegan, Illinois has recently acquired a Goodyear FG-1D Corsair 92050,…

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CAF AIRPOWER Tour 2013, Video by Scott Slocum

The only flying B-29 in the world is the spotlight of the CAF's AirPower Tour.…

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Military Aviation Museum Turns Attention to Airacobras

The Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach, Virginia is getting into Bell P-39 Airacobras in…

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Jack Roush’s P-51B “Old Crow” Now Sports Bombs

Automotive mogul, legendary NASCAR team owner, and noted aviation enthusiast Jack Roush has recently had…

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BREAKING NEWS: WWII-Era Yakovlev Yak-3 Found Struck by Bullet

Reported earlier today in the Otago Daily Times, at Wanaka Airport on the South Island…

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Golden Apple Sabre Completes Engine Overhaul

Golden Apple Operations' North American F86A Sabre 48-178 has just recently completed engine runs at…

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Trio of WWI Fokker Reproductions Head Down Under

With the Centenary of the First World War fast approaching, the Australian Vintage Aviation Society…

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Hawker Hurricane Restoration Progresses in Quebec

The restoration of Hawker Hurricane XII 5547, registration number C-GGAJ under the care of Vintage…

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Aviation Museum Celebrates 70 years of Finnish Messerschmitts

Running until the the end of September 2013, the Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa, Finland…

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P-51 Mustang Heads to France

North American P-51D Mustang 44-73656, registration N2151D is, as of writing, being crated-up in Illinois…

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