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C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Performs First Taxi Trials

December 13, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra and Vintage Wings Inc. over the past five years as they successfully pursued the resurrection of combat-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095. […]

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603 – First Post Restoration Flight

December 13, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As noted in late November, Supermarine Spitfire F Mk.IX MH603 was fast approaching the conclusion of its down-to-the-last-rivet rebuild at Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. We can now report, via our […]

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Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 154

November 30, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

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 – P-47D Restoration Update – September/October 2021

November 30, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has received the September/October, 2021 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 […]

South Pacific WWII Museum Joins Forces With The B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia

November 28, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The South Pacific WWII Museum recently announced a partnership with the B-24 Liberator Memorial Australia to begin the formation of a sister-museum alliance. The South Pacific WWII Museum is located in the township of Luganville on Espiritu Santo, […]

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Supermarine Seafire F.Mk.XVII SX336 Takes to the Skies Again

November 21, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

As many readers will know, Supermarine Seafire F. Mk.XVII SX336 made her first flight for several years on November 18th, 2021, following a period of extensive maintenance at Old Warden in Bedfordshire, England. The aircraft, […]

Ex-Burmese Spitfire Arrives for Restoration at Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar

November 15, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in 2012, the warbird world was upended by the dizzying possibility that up to 140 intact Supermarine Spitfires would emerge “in their shipping crates” from their supposed WWII-era burial ground near the former RAF […]

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FIAT CR.42 Restoration Update – November 2021

November 11, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Fighter Collection (TFC) has been making visible progress on the restoration of their ultra-rare Fiat CR.42 Falco in recent days at Duxford Aerodrome near Cambridge, England. The organization’s technicians temporarily dismounted the fighter’s Fiat […]

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Combat Veteran P-40E Makes Her First Flight in New Zealand!

November 11, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

A couple of weeks ago, we reported that Pioneer Aero Ltd. had completed the restoration of Claudio Coltri’s Curtiss P-40E Warhawk (41-13570). While the selected test pilot, Frank Parker, had performed some taxi trials, Pioneer had […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – August/September 2021

November 5, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has received the August/September, 2021 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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