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Vultee “Vengeance” Dive Bomber Wheel Well

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

This worker at the Vultee-Nashville factory is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well built into the underwing of the A-31, before the installation of the landing gear and the mating of wing to […]

Construction of a “Vengeance” Dive Bomber

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The exacting touch of a female worker riveting the structure of a horizontal stabilizer for a “Vengeance” dive bomber at the Consolidated-Vultee plant in Nashville, Tennessee. 4×5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office […]

The Flying Bulls Lockheed P-38 Lightning in 1948

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Few days ago we published a cool video about a practice run for The Flying Bulls‘ Lockheed P–38 Lightning and F4U Corsair. Today Franco Zanaboni, a friend of Warbird News sent me a picture of […]

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 […]

Flying Tigers Miniseries in the Works

February 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Former HBO Films president Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment has announced that they are turning the story of the Flying Tigers into a ten-hour TV miniseries. The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air […]

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 […]

Swiss EKW C-3603 Begins Renovations

February 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Meier Motors, GmbH of Bremgarten, Germany has begun the restoration of an EKW C-3603 fighter-bomber which will be returned to flying condition. Built in 1944, the aircraft, C-547/HB-RBI, was one of 150 of these Hispano-Suiza […]

Historic Plane Shuffle Accompanies Renovation of the Imperial War Museum-London

February 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

An exodus of exhibits from the Imperial War Museum’s (IWM) London Branch is making way for the construction of the First World War Centenary exhibits which are a part of the museum’s substantial renovation of […]

RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire Completes 12-Year Restoration

February 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Over 58 years since its last flight, Supermarine Spitfire XVI TE311 recently returned to the air at the Royal Air Force Station-Coningsby in Lincolnshire, England following an exhaustive 12-year restoration project untaken by the RAF […]

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Vultee “Vengeance” Dive Bomber Wheel Well

Construction of a “Vengeance” Dive Bomber

The Flying Bulls Lockheed P-38 Lightning in 1948

Grumman Wildcat Retrieved From Lake Michigan

Famous Italian Artists G-46 To Be Restored

Flying Tigers Miniseries in the Works

Uruguayan P-51 Mustang Soon to Fly

Swiss EKW C-3603 Begins Renovations

Historic Plane Shuffle Accompanies Renovation of the Imperial War Museum-London

RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire Completes 12-Year Restoration

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