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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 […]

Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation – C-54 ‘Spirit of Freedom’ Reborn

November 1, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Following the devastating damage which a tornado inflicted upon the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation’s (BAHF) long-serving Douglas C-54E Skymaster Spirit of Freedom in Walterboro, South Carolina during April, 2020, one could be forgiven for wondering whether the organization […]

Sea Harrier FA.2 Taxiing Under Its Own Power in the UK

October 27, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The internet was abuzz a couple of weeks ago with a video featuring a former Royal Navy BAe Sea Harrier taxiing around an airfield under its own power. While witnessing such a scene would not […]

Desert Storm F/A-18 MiG Killer Unveiled

October 22, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The National Naval Aviation Museum has just unveiled their recently-restored, combat-veteran F/A-18C Hornet (BuNo.163508) in a place of honor just outside the Blue Angel Atrium at their main campus in Pensacola, Florida. This Hornet is […]

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Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 151

October 21, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

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. […]

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Vought F4U-1 ‘Birdcage’ Corsair – Restoration Update – October, 2021

October 19, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

Over the past couple of years, we have been following the restoration of an extremely rare ‘birdcage’ variant of the Vought F4U-1 Corsair (BuNo.02449) undergoing restoration to flying condition at Vultures Row Aviation in Cameron Park, […]

Air Zoo to Celebrate Completion of SBD-2P Dauntless Restoration

October 14, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in June, we reported that the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan was working hard to complete the static restoration of a unique Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless. They needed to have the aircraft […]

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

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

Warbird Digest has received the July/August, 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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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603 on Offer at Platinum Fighter Sales

October 3, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Following on from John Parker’s article earlier this week depicting the finishing touches which Vintage Fighter Restorations is applying to their Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX (MH603) at their facility in Scone, New South Wales, Australia comes the news […]

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Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update September 2021

September 29, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently provided an update from Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales regarding progress on the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603. We have covered several […]

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