Vintage Aviation News

The EAA’s Rare B-25H Mitchell Takes to the Skies

April 30, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Following an in-depth, nearly five year restoration effort, the Experimental Aircraft Association’s rare H-model B-25 Mitchell medium bomber took to the skies again on April 20th in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The aircraft, USAAF serial 43-4432, is painted […]

Werribee B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia – Open House – May 5th

April 24, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Tucked away in a WWII vintage hangar in Werribee, near Melbourne, Australia is one of the vintage military aviation world’s most significant restoration projects, the sole-surviving former Royal Australian Air Force Consolidated Liberator. As we […]

PJ Aviation’s Pristine, Fully-Restored, Combat Veteran CCF Harvard Mk.IV

April 23, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

PJ Aviation, a provider of aviation brokerage, acquisition, marketing and consulting services, is pleased to announce the availability for purchase of a Canadian-built Harvard Mk.IV. The aircraft has a remarkable service history, and has just completed […]

Fennec Rising – The First Production T-28S Fennec is Flying Again!

April 17, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The North American T-28 Trojan is one of military aviation’s truly great aircraft, both in terms of its function as originally designed, training young military pilots to fly high performance aircraft, and for its versatility; […]

Curtiss P-40E Taking Shape at Pioneer Aero Ltd.

April 5, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Pioneer Aero Ltd. has had an extremely productive beginning to 2019 from their base at Ardmore Airport near Auckland, New Zealand. As we noted in late February, they successfully flew Jerry Yagen’s Bell P-39F Airacobra […]

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

April 3, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the March, 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 […]

Lopes Hope 3rd – A Restoration Retrospective

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

Chuck Cravens recently submitted a fascinating retrospective featuring the recent restoration at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-51C Mustang Lope’s Hope 3rd, dedicated to the life of the legendary […]

B-29 Doc Completes First Flight After Winter Maintenance

March 22, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Today the Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as Doc made her first flight of the year following winter maintenance at her home base in Wichita, Kansas. Doc’s Friends, the umbrella organization responsible for the aircraft made […]

Former RAAF Lockheed Neptune Flying Again Downunder

March 14, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Probably overshadowed by yesterday’s revelations about the discovery of the sunken wreck of the U.S.S. Wasp, comes news from Australia that the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) has successfully re-flown one of their four Lockheed P2V […]

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CAF Bell P-63F Kingcobra Re-emerges in Fresh Livery

March 9, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Following on from our report concerning the first flight of Bell P-39F Airacobra 41-2175 a few weeks ago, comes news of another of Bell’s mid-engined fighters re-emerging from refurbishment. The Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) unique Bell P-63F […]

Aircraft Restoration

The EAA’s Rare B-25H Mitchell Takes to the Skies

Werribee B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia – Open House – May 5th

PJ Aviation’s Pristine, Fully-Restored, Combat Veteran CCF Harvard Mk.IV

Fennec Rising – The First Production T-28S Fennec is Flying Again!

Curtiss P-40E Taking Shape at Pioneer Aero Ltd.

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

Lopes Hope 3rd – A Restoration Retrospective

B-29 Doc Completes First Flight After Winter Maintenance

Former RAAF Lockheed Neptune Flying Again Downunder

AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Restoration Report – Fall 2024 Update

Mid America Flight Museum Releases Update on B-17G ‘Thunderbird’

Matt’s Gnat: A Red Arrows Jet Restoration Downunder

B-17E “Desert Rat” Restoration Update – Winter 2024