Vintage Aviation News

The Military Aviation Museum’s A6M3 Zero

August 23, 2024 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The Military Aviation Museum’s A6M3 Zero is nearing the completion of its decades-long restoration, with its first flight just around the corner. […]

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Highly Authentic Harvard Flies in New Zealand

March 19, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

Bevan Dewes’ immaculately restored, former Royal New Zealand Air Force Harvard Mk.IIa (NZ1044) landed at its new home in Masterton, New Zealand on March 19th, 2023 following a three-year rebuild effort with Twenty24 Ltd, at Wanaka. […]

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de Havilland Dragon Rapide Takes Flight in New Zealand

February 23, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 1

by Nigel Hitchman & James Kightly The team from Avspecs Ltd. has just flown de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide ZK-AKU following a multi-year rebuild effort at Ardmore Airport in Auckland, New Zealand. Ryan Southam took the vintage aircraft up […]

Wings of the North Air Museum’s P-51B Mustang Restoration – Update 4

January 27, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Wings of the North Air Museum’s P-51B Mustang Restoration – Update 4: Winter 2022 As most readers will be well aware, AirCorps Aviation has completed numerous world-class aircraft restorations over the past decade or so at […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – July/August, 2022

August 24, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

We have just received the July/August, 2022 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see […]

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Sikorsky S-60 Flying Crane Prototype – Restoration Update August, 2022

August 5, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Sikorsky’s S-60 “Flying Crane” was a ground-breaking helicopter design which the famed manufacturer built in the late 1950s to prove a new concept for potential operators, both civilian and military, who needed flexible, heavy-lift capability […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – June/July, 2022

July 22, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We have just received the June/July, 2022 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see […]

Aircraft Restoration

The Military Aviation Museum’s A6M3 Zero

Highly Authentic Harvard Flies in New Zealand

de Havilland Dragon Rapide Takes Flight in New Zealand

Wings of the North Air Museum’s P-51B Mustang Restoration – Update 4

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – July/August, 2022

Sikorsky S-60 Flying Crane Prototype – Restoration Update August, 2022

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – June/July, 2022

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 173

C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Flies!

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 164

Military Aviation Museum SBD-5 Dauntless – Restoration Update – Summer 2023

National Warplane Museum’s C-130 “Saigon Lady” Nearing Completion

Restoration of The First Production Cessna T-41 Mescalero

McChord Air Museum Restoring World War II TG-4 Glider