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Restoring a Dakota Cockpit Downunder!

April 29, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Not every warbird restoration focuses on a complete airframe. As much as we’d like to see them all saved, it just isn’t practical sadly. So very few of us are fortunate enough to have the space […]

B-29 Super Fortress ‘Doc’ – Status Update – April 22nd, 2016

April 23, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

We have a little more news from Doc’s Friends about the restoration of B-29 Super Fortress ‘Doc’ at their base in Wichita, Kansas. They are continuing to work with the FAA on the last few […]

Nakajima B5N2 ‘Kate’ Unveiled at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor

April 21, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor unveiled the substantial remains of an ultra-rare, former Imperial Japanese Navy Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 torpedo bomber on Monday, April 18th. Known as the ‘Kate’ to the Allies, this wreck is the […]

Aussie B-24M Liberator Restoration Update – April, 2016

April 18, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

A72-175 B-24M Liberator Update – April 2016 by Phil Buckley In the small town of Werribee near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, a remarkable restoration project is taking place to resurrect the last surviving Consolidated B-24 Liberator to […]

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Doc’s First Engine Runs for 2016 – First Flight Imminent

April 9, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 4

Following a hiatus over the winter, due to the cold temperatures, the B-29 known throughout the world as ‘Doc’ ran her engines again for the first time in 2016. The last few weeks have seen […]

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Super Sabre Regains Her Wings!

March 11, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

One month ago today, WarbirdsNews published a story about a Viet Nam War combat veteran F-100D Super Sabre under restoration at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia. We are now happy to update that article […]

Boeing 727 Prototype Makes Her Last Flight

March 2, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

The evocative and now sadly rare whine of three Pratt&Whitney JT8D engines ringing in close harmony echoed over Paine Field in Everett, Washington as the prototype Boeing 727 airliner made her final flight today; a short hop […]

Raising the Dauntless – National Museum of the Marine Corps Finishes SBD-3

February 14, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 5

Just a few days ago, on February 9th, a rare and freshly restored WWII dive bomber rose high above the ground on cables to its new display station in the atrium at the National Museum of […]

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Combat Veteran F-100D Super Sabre Restoration

February 11, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 8

For the past five years, a dedicated restoration team at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia has been working their magic on a North American F-100D Super Sabre. The aircraft, USAF serial 56-2995, […]

Restoration of the CAF Utah Wing’s N2S Kaydet Moving Along Quickly

January 31, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force’s Utah Wing is making rapid progress with the restoration of their Boeing-Stearman N2S Kaydet in their hangar at Russ McDonald Field in Heber City, Utah. Their Kaydet rolled off the production line in […]

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