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Operation Celestial Flight Pays Tribute to WWII WASP Casualties

Thirty-eight young women, all volunteers in an experimental Army Air Force WWII program called Women…

Canadians Band Together to Save and Restore a Consolidated PBY Canso

What started out as six farmers from Fairview, Alberta looking to save a piece of…

2013 RAF Cosford Air Show Roster Continues to Grow for June 9th Event

With just a couple of weeks remaining until the 2013 RAF Cosford Air Show, organizers…

B-24 Liberator Under Restoration in Australia Needs a New Home

Inside of a vintage WWII hangar on a disused airfield in Werribee, Australia volunteers work…

Worlds Only Privately Owned Harrier to Perform at EAA AirVenture 2013

The world's only privately-owned flying BAE Sea Harrier F/A2 has recently been confirmed to appear…

World’s Last Operational F-111 Goes on Display at Historical Aircraft Restoration Society

As we recently reported, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has been divesting itself of…

2013 Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival Returns After Two Year Absence June 28-29

While this year's show will be somewhat scaled-back from the last outing in 2010 which…

English Electric Lightning Reunites With its Final Pilot 36 Years Later

The Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) located at the Old Sarum Airfield just North of…

Restoration of F/A-18 Fighter Jet for NMMC in the works

The U.S. Marine Corps is soliciting proposals for the complete restoration of a McDonnell Douglas…

RAF Museum Lancaster Flying Display to Honor Veterans June 2, 2013

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Avro Lancaster will be taking to the skies over…

Aero Vodochody Finds Cheaper Lodgings

High hangar fees have sent Jon Sokolof in search of less expensive accommodations for his…

Womans Name on Turret Leads to Identification of B-17 Debris in Italian Lake

In Viterbo, Italy a long-standing mystery has been solved. A wrecked B-17 bomber that disintegrated…

2013 Wings Over Gaylord June 15th and 16th

The 2013 Wings Over Gaylord Air Show will be held Father's Day Weekend at the…

Sandbar Mitchell Project Lands a Donated Helicopter Lift

There's been a significant development in a story we've been covering, the project to retrieve…