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Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration Report – Winter 2024

November 8, 2024 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Beech AT-10 Wichita restoration continues to make great progress at AirCorps Aviation! […]

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 […]

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 173

July 6, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 4

As most of our readers will know, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is under restoration to airworthy condition with the Lincoln Aviation Heritage Center at former RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, England. The group […]

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C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Flies!

May 16, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, for some years now. Jason Capra and his band of […]

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