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Fort Worth Aviation Museum Taking on the Restoration of A-12 Avenger II

June 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

It undoubtedly took some wangling, but the Veterans Memorial Air Park of Fort Worth has taken possession of the mockup of the McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II and intends to restore it for static display. […]

Jonathan Collection Caproni Ca.3 Airworthy Replica Project Well Underway

June 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

In a project that began in 2009, Giancarlo Zanardo’s Jonathan Collection has taken on its most ambitious project to date, the recreation of an airworthy Caproni Ca.3. Already boasting a collection of notable warbirds with […]

Behind the Scenes, Air Show Performers are Prepped for Action by CAF Dixie Wing

June 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In addition to adding some minor upgrades to the wing’s facility, the members of the Commemorative Air Force‘s Dixie Wing have been hard at work, working on their warbirds. In preparing their North American P-51D […]

UK Shackleton Preservation Trust Restoring Growler to Flying Condition

June 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 7

Serving the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1951 to 1991 and the South African Air Force (SAAF) from 1957 to 1984, with a design lineage that stretches back to the Avro Lancaster bomber, the Shackleton […]

Bowling Green Aviation Heritage Park is on the Grow

June 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Last week, The Aviation Heritage Park of Bowling Green, Kentucky unveiled the latest warbird that they have painstakingly restored for static display at their open air venue, a General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. Opened to the […]

Sandbar Mitchell Recovery Crew Alaska-Bound

June 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

We had the pleasure of finally meeting a person whose story we’ve been following for while. Patrick Mihalek, owner of Legend Of Aces Aviation and the man who is spearheading the effort to retrieve and […]

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina a Definite Maybe for Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014

June 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

One of the crowd favorites at the biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow, held in even-numbered years in Wanaka, New Zealand, is hoped to return to the event in 2014. Last attending the 2010 show, […]

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Found in Puerto Rico is Australia Bound

June 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 15

The Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Trust (RCMPT), after a worldwide, seven-year search, located and purchased a rare Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina finding the plane (un)surprisingly enough, on eBay, located in Puerto Rico, reportedly acquiring the plane […]

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The Restoration to Flying Condition of XP-82 Twin Mustang Prototype 44-83887

June 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 22

Tom Reilly is no stranger to warbird restoration; he owned the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida, before Hurricane Charlie destroyed the facility in 2004. He presently heads The B-25 Group, which specializes […]

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Dornier Do 17 Retrieved From Goodwin Sands Arrives at RAF Museum Cosford

June 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Donier Do 17 that the RAF Museum recently retrieved from under 50 feet of salt water where it had lain for over 70 years, arrived at the museum’s Cosford facility today. Museum staff as […]

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