Vintage Aviation News

Operation Jericho Continues to Soar!

April 28, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

A short time ago, we announced that the People’s Mosquito had just initiated a fund-raiser to help them gather additional funds to both complete the fuselage moulds for their deHavilland Mosquito project along with money for […]

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Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – April, 2020

April 25, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the April, 2020 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 […]

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – February 2020 Restoration Update Pt.2

April 20, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As many of our readers will be well aware, 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. […]

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Downunder Warbird Roundup

April 16, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

There is a fair amount of Spitfire-related news coming from Australia in recent weeks, and we thought our readers would be interested to hear from our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online who reports […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – March, 2020

April 1, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the March, 2020 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 […]

People’s Mosquito Receives Backing from Airbus

March 27, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We have been following the efforts of the People’s Mosquito for some years now. The group has steadily made headway on their efforts to build an airworthy de Havilland Mosquito for Britain. This is a grass-roots […]

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Pacific Combat Veteran Douglas C-47 Skytrain – Restoration Downunder

March 26, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

When we think of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, we invariably focus upon those aircraft which took part in the D-Day Invasion of June 6th, 1944. Those scenes of massed C-47s in the air, bedecked with […]

Super Constellation Under Cover at Qantas Founders Museum

March 20, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We have been following the Qantas Founders Museum and their efforts to recover, restore and preserve a Lockheed Super Constellation for the past six years, and are happy to announce that the fully restored aircraft is […]

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Ex-RAF Jaguar Fast Taxi Run at Bentwaters Cold War Museum

March 19, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As most readers will know, the United Kingdom features many world-class aviation museums. However, it is easy to forget sometimes how vibrant – and vital – the smaller museums often are. While they may not […]

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – February 2020 Restoration Update

March 18, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

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