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Airworthy de Havilland Mosquito Restoration Approaches Completion in Canada

August 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 19

In the comments section for our recent story on the first flight of the world’s only flying Mosquito, Warbirds News reader Paul Smith, tipped us off about another Mosquito that will soon be returning to […]

Restoration of Prototype XP-82 Twin Mustang Makes Progress

August 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

We’re able to report significant progress in the restoration to flying condition of Tom Reilly’s North American XP-82 Twin Mustang, and what a project it is. As we recently reported, starting with what was, in […]

Friends of the SAAF Museum Restoring a Blackburn Buccaneer

August 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

The Friends of the SAAF Museum located at AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town, South Africa are in the process of restoring a Blackburn Buccaneer. One of sixteen S.50 Buccaneer variants flown by the South African […]

Restoration of Douglas SBD Dauntless Retrieved From Lake Michigan Well on its Way

July 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

In a project that began for them in 2011, Vultures Row Aviation has mad significant progress in their restoration of Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless BuNo 10694 that was raised from the bottom of Lake Michigan in […]

Restoration of crashed Grumman C-1A Trader “Miss Belle” Nears Completion

July 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 13

It took nearly 10 years, but it looks like the restoration of the Grumman C-1A Trader, “Miss Belle,” owned by Trader Air of Topeka, Kansas might be done in time for the plane to make […]

Fantasy of Flight’s Stinson L-1 Flew Today!

July 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 7

After a very long restoration project and recent FAA sign off, a Stinson L-1 Vigilant owned by Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight Museum of Polk City, Florida took the sky today for the first in […]

US National Museum of the Marine Corps Unveils Ambitious Expansion Plan

July 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In furtherance of it’s long-term expansion plans, the National Museum of the Marine Corps of Triangle, Virginia, has unveiled the ambitious plans for it’s latest expansion. We recently reported on the restoration of one of […]

CAF Dixie Wing’s P-63 Kingcobra Restoration Update

July 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Pop Wilson from the CAF Dxie Wing has sent us this video showing the test performed on the Wing’s Bell P-63 Kingcobra’s front landing gear. This historic aircraft has been in restoration since 1999 so […]

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McChord Air Museum Completes 25-Year Restoration, Wins Award

July 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Volunteers for the McChord Air Museum, located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington have recently completed a 25 year restoration project on a Canadian Vickers SA-10 Catalina, a variant of the Consolidated PBY Catalina, […]

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Lands at Fantasy of Flight

June 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Kermit Weeks and his team from Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, spent about a week in Texas earlier this month disassembling the 1937 Sikorsky S-43 that Howard Hughes commissioned for a record-breaking around […]

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