Vintage Aviation News

B-24 Liberator Under Restoration in Australia Needs a New Home

June 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

Inside of a vintage WWII hangar on a disused airfield in Werribee, Australia volunteers work away at the restoration of a B-24 Liberator, reputably the last remaining Royal Australian Air Force B-24 Liberator in existence. […]

English Electric Lightning Reunites With its Final Pilot 36 Years Later

May 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) located at the Old Sarum Airfield just North of Salisbury, UK has recently acquired an English Electric Lightning cockpit and arranged for a reunion with its last pilot, Squadron […]

Restoration of F/A-18 Fighter Jet for NMMC in the works

May 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The U.S. Marine Corps is soliciting proposals for the complete restoration of a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet for the National Museum of the Marine Corps (NMMC) in Quantico, Virginia.

US Forest Service Resurrects Museum C-130 Hercules for Firefighting Duty

May 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

As California enters what is expected to be a very busy fire season, the U.S. Forest service is turning to the past to battle future fires. The organization has announced that it has contracted for […]

Memphis Belle Celebrates Two Anniversaries this Weekend

May 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The National Museum of the United States Air Force reports one of history’s most famous aircraft will celebrate two anniversaries this weekend.

Historic Race Winning Plane With Royal Pedigree to be Restored

May 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Derby Aero Club of Egginton in Derby, UK is undertaking the restoration of a Druine D.31 Turbulent once flown by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and Royal Consort of Queen Elizabeth II. The […]

World’s Last Macchi M.7 Undergoing Restoration in Sweden

May 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In addition to the Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration on which we recently reported, another restoration project of Flygvapenmuseum and the Tullingebergsvägen Group is making progress; coincidentally it’s also a flying boat, a Macchi M.7.

World’s Only Flying Mosquito Flew Today!

May 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 61

Regular readers of Warbirds News know we’ve been following the progress of Jerry Yagen and the Military Aviation Museum’s de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, from its shipment from New Zealand to the announcement of its first […]

Canadian Halifax Project Seeks to Resurrect Planes, from Parts if Necessary

May 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Karl Kjarsgaard is a man on a mission. He is presently combing the globe for pieces and parts to resurrect one, or possibly two Handley Page Halifax bombers. Wing sections and landing gear from the […]

Work Begins to Retrieve Dornier Do 17 from the Waters off English Coast

May 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Work began last week to raise what is believed to be the last surviving example of the Donier Do 17, located on its back in a sand formation 50 feet below the surface, six miles […]

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