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Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – July/August, 2019

August 21, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the July/August, 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 […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – June/July, 2019

July 18, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the June/July, 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 see […]

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Collings Foundation’s Grumman F6F Hellcat Flies!

July 16, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Collings Foundation’s combat-veteran Grumman F6F-3N Hellcat Bu.41476 made its first post restoration flight yesterday in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Gary Norville’s American Aero Services brought the famed Grumman ‘cat back to life, as they […]

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Hispano Buchon C4K.152 – First Post Restoration Flight!

July 2, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon C.4K-152 made her first post-restoration flight yesterday afternoon, less than a year after her refurbishment began with Air Leasing at Sywell Aerodrome near Northampton, England. Air Leasing’s principal, Richard Grace, was at […]

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‘Silver Spitfire’ Takes Flight

July 1, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Boultbee Flight Academy’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MJ271, aka the ‘Silver Spitfire’, has flown for the first time following her restoration with the Aircraft Restoration Company in Duxford, England. John Romain took the aircraft up for her […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – May/June, 2019

June 21, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the May/June, 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 see […]

First Post-Restoration Flight for Ultra-Rare Airco DH.9 WWI Bomber

June 18, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Historic Aircraft Collection’s extraordinarily rare, WWI-era Airco DH.9 light bomber took to the skies over Duxford Aerodrome on May 13th, 2019 for its first post-restoration flight following fifteen years of dedicated conservation and restoration […]

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

May 28, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the May, 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 see […]

FHCAM’s Me 262 Warpaint Unveiled

May 8, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Today, in an exclusive for Warbird Digest Magazine, we can reveal the paint scheme and new photographs of the the Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum’s Messerschmitt Me 262 (wk.nr. 500453), which is moving ever-closer […]

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

May 5, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the April, 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 see […]

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