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A6M 3 Zero stilll in its warpaint from the film Pearl Harbor at Mojave in 2006 photo by Alan Wilson

A6M Zero Flies Over Japan

January 27, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 8

Earlier today, legendary Reno Air Racing pilot, Skip Holm flew a restored Mitsubishi A6M Zero over Japan. Although it is not the first former WWII-era Japanese aircraft to do so in the intervening seventy odd years […]

P 82 Twin Mustang fuselages in storage at North American Aircraft in 1947 and two jet engined FJ 1 Fury fuselages 1948 USAF via Wikipedia

XP-82 Twin Mustang – November 2015 – Restoration Update

December 4, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his workshop in Douglas, Georgia. Here’s what they’ve been up to this month! Firewall Forwards Two of the team members […]

Australia Has its First Flying Fw-190!

November 14, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

From our friends at AeroAustralia Magazine comes news that Australia now has its first airworthy Focke-Wulf Fw-190. The aircraft arrived in Australia in July after a long sea voyage from her previous owner, Don Hansen, in Baton […]

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Messerschmitt in Pungo – Military Aviation Museum’s Bf-109 Arrives in USA

November 3, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Jerry Yagen’ Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia received their ‘Messerschmitt Bf-109G-4’ today. Actually based upon the airframe of a Spanish-built Hispano Buchon C.4K-64 variant, the aircraft has been carefully modified to represent a Bf-109G-5 with the appropriate Daimler-Benz […]

XP-82 Twin Mustang – October 2015 – Restoration Update

November 3, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his workshop in Douglas, Georgia. Here’s what they’ve been up to this month! Engines and Accessories Both engines are now permanently […]

A Third deHavilland Dragon Rapide for Duxford’s Classic Wings

October 30, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

When thinking of classic 1930’s era biplanes, the deHavilland Dragon Rapide has to come near the very top for shear elegance and beauty alone. Such is the dedication to the type that there are a small number […]

Aermacchi MB-339 – The New Gate Guard at Wanaka

September 29, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

On September 28th in Wanaka, New Zealand, the local community celebrated the region’s long association with warbirds by placing an Ex Royal New Zealand Air Force jet trainer on a pole at the entrance to Wanaka Airport. […]

CAF Stinson AT-19 Restoration Update

September 22, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Nevada Wing of the Commemorative Air Force has been hard at work restoring a Stinson AT-19 for a number of years now, and they are close to getting her back in the air again. […]

B-17F ‘Memphis Belle’ – Status Update

September 16, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 20

One of our regular readers, Frank Johnson, recently visited the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, and was lucky enough to get a tour of the main restoration hangar. The building […]

XP-82 Twin Mustang – August 2015 – Restoration Update

September 3, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his workshop in Douglas, Georgia. Here’s what they’ve been up to this month! Fuel Cells and Liners The restoration team has finally […]

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