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The ‘Greek Spitfire’ Flies!

January 20, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

We are happy to report that on January 19th, 2020 the Hellenic Air Force Museum’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc MJ755 flew for the first time since 1953. The aircraft has been under restoration since 2018 within the Biggin Hill […]

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Pima Air & Space Museum’s Freshly Refurbished Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII Unveiled

January 13, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The Pima Air & Space Museum has just unveiled their freshly refurbished Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII. The museum had previously displayed the fighter wearing the markings of a 257 Squadron Hurricane Mk.I, RAF serial V6864, flown by […]

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Birdcage Corsair Downunder – January 2020 Restoration Update

January 6, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

It has been some time since we did an update on the restoration of Bob Jarrett’s Vought F4U-1 Corsair Bu.02270 at Parafield Airport, near Adelaide, Australia. As readers will know from our previous articles, this […]

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Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – December 2019 Restoration Update Part 2

January 3, 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. […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – December, 2019

December 27, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the December, 2019 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 […]

Qantas Founders Museum’s Super Constellation Unveiled

December 20, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

For the past five years, we have been following the saga of the Qantas Founders Museum in Australia and their efforts to recover and restore a Lockheed Constellation in the livery of an original Qantas […]

Sabre Reborn – Classic Fighters of America F-86F – Restoration Update

December 15, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in July, we reported on progress with the restoration of North American F-86F Sabre 52-5112 at Classic Fighters of America in Titusville, Florida. A lot has happened in the interim, and we thought our […]

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RAAF Combat Veteran Spitfire Under Restoration in Australia

December 12, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

We thought our readers would be interested in a piece by our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online who reports on the arrival of three new restoration projects at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – November/December, 2019

December 11, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the November/December, 2019 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’ – December 2019 Restoration Update

December 5, 2019 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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