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Aerobatic Pilot Fred Cabanas Dies in Plane Crash

February 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 9

Noted aerobatic pilot, Fred Cabanas died in a plane crash on January 15th, along with Mexican television host Jorge Lopez while generating footage for Lopez’s show whose title translates as “Extreme Adrenaline.” The site of […]

US Freedom Pavilion Boeing Center Opens to the Public

January 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The National WWII Museum’s stunning modernistic glass and steel “US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center” opened to the public on January 13th to capacity crowds eager to see the new $35 million home of the […]

Tragic Crash of South African Douglas C-47TP Dakota

December 15, 2012 Moreno Aguiari 0

A South African National Defence Force Douglas C-47TP Dakota 6840 crashed in bad weather near Giants Castle in the Drakensburg Mountains of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa on December 5th, resulting in the loss of life for […]

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Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

Scott Thompson of AeroVintage recently shared an update on the AeroVintage website about two of the three B-17s currently at Madras, Oregon, with the Erickson Aircraft Collection. The post highlights ongoing wing restoration work on one aircraft and the start of disassembly on another. […]

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Aerobatic Pilot Fred Cabanas Dies in Plane Crash

US Freedom Pavilion Boeing Center Opens to the Public

Tragic Crash of South African Douglas C-47TP Dakota

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