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Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – August, 2018

August 30, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the August, 2018 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 […]

Reviving The History of Bristol Beaufighter’s Engine Restoration

August 29, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 6

The brutish Bristol Beaufighter is a rare beast these days, with just a handful of complete survivors, and none currently in airworthy condition. The biggest problem with getting a Beau’ flying again, outside of their […]

Warbird Adventures Unveils Their Dual-Seat, Dual-Control P-40 Warhawk!

August 22, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Warbird Adventures unveiled their newest acquisition to an unsuspecting crowd in Kissimmee, Florida today, a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. With two seats, and a full set of dual controls, Warbird Adventures will offer their Warhawk to the […]

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XP-82 Twin Mustang Update – August, 2018

August 17, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

We have been following the restoration of North American XP-82 Twin Mustang 44-83887 at Tom Reilly’s workshop in Douglas, Georgia for some years now, with updates on the project coming on a near-monthly basis during […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update July 2018

August 10, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the latest report from Chuck Cravens on 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 how […]

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Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik Raised From a Russian Lake!

August 8, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 1

We were amazed today when we saw some fabulous images of a surprisingly complete and intact single seat variant of the Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik rising to the surface of a lake in Russia. While we […]

Phantom Phantastic! – A Royal Navy Phantom II is Reborn

August 6, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The McDonnell-Douglas Phantom II has a long and proud heritage in air arms around the world. While her role in Britain’s Royal Air Force is well known, perhaps less so is that a small number […]

Bristol Beaufort – Restoration Report

August 3, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

From our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online comes a recent report on the restoration of Bristol Beaufort A9-141 at the Australian Aviation Heritage Center at Caboolture in Queensland, Australia. The Beaufort was a […]

AirCorps Aviation Adds 1500 Ton Press to The Shop

July 29, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

We at WarbirdsNews have been fascinated by the rapid growth taking place at AirCorps Aviation. We love what they have been doing to resurrect old aircraft over the past few years, and they have fast […]

Another CAC Boomerang Nears Flight in Australia

July 9, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Tucked away in a hangar in Brisbane, Australia, a pair of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Boomerangs are slowly coming back together, with one of them, CA-12 A46-54, coming very close to completion. A46-54 rolled off CAC’s […]

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