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Spitfire Damaged Upon Landing

March 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX PS853, registered as G-RRGN, which we recently reported as having completed a meticulous, rivet by rivet restoration, was damaged when its landing gear collapsed during a landing at East Midlands Airport. The […]

Engine Test for the Starfighter LN-STF

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Today we have another engine test. The first test of this engine was performed in 2007 on Starfighter LN-STF which belongs to the Norwegian association “Friends of the Starfighter” and was performed at the Royal […]

Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 Restoration Well Underway

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The remains of Focke-Wulf 190F-8 93182, a JG 5 fighter that was shot out of the sky by the RAF in Norway on February 9, 1945 has been recently acquired by the Collings Foundation and […]

Fork-Tailed Devil At Planes Of Fame

March 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA presents Fork-Tailed Devil on Saturday, April 6. Another installment of their monthly Living History Flying Days, this event showcases the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Its fierce reputation earned […]

North American B-25J Mitchell Restoration Progress

March 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Progress is being reported in the restoration of owner Ron Fagen’s North American B-25J Mitchell 44-86698, Registration number N325N. Formerly going by the name “Sunday Punch” and known for its unusual solid nose that bristled […]

Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft

March 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA presents another installment of their Living History Event Day on Saturday, May 18. Named Regia Aeronautica: Italian Aircraft, the event features a discussion panel of connoisseurs: historians, […]

Shifting Sands Reveal Sunken WWII Treasure

March 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In July 2007 after 65 years under the sands a P-38 was discovered off the coast of northern Wales. Uncovered by tides and shifting sands, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning had spent 65 years in its […]

Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior Begins Restoration

March 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Among the longest serving carrier-based jet aircraft in history, the Douglas EA-3b Skywarrior entered service in the mid-1950s and was retired in 1991. For many years after its introduction, it was also the heaviest aircraft […]

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Flies from South Africa to its New Home in San Diego

March 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso N427CV (the registration number is apparently a nod to the plane’s original Canadian Vickers construction number of CV-427) has recently completed a complete stem to stern restoration in Rand, South Africa, […]

Yokosuka D4Y Suisei Judy Awakens

March 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

A former Japanese Imperial Navy Yokosuka D4Y Suisei dive-bomber (Allied reporting name “Judy”) fired up her engine for the first time in almost 70 years recently at the Planes of Fame (POF) Museum and restoration […]

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