Tag: Aircraft Restoration

Whether for static display or destined for the skies, aircraft getting fixed up.

English Electric Lightning Reunites With its Final Pilot 36 Years Later

The Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) located at the Old Sarum Airfield just North of…

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

The U.S. Marine Corps is soliciting proposals for the complete restoration of a McDonnell Douglas…

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

As California enters what is expected to be a very busy fire season, the U.S.…

Memphis Belle Celebrates Two Anniversaries this Weekend

The National Museum of the United States Air Force reports one of history’s most famous…

Historic Race Winning Plane With Royal Pedigree to be Restored

The Derby Aero Club of Egginton in Derby, UK is undertaking the restoration of a…

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

In addition to the Donnet-Lévêque "Flying Fish" Restoration on which we recently reported, another restoration…

World’s Only Flying Mosquito Flew Today!

Regular readers of Warbirds News know we've been following the progress of Jerry Yagen and…

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

Karl Kjarsgaard is a man on a mission. He is presently combing the globe for…

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

Work began last week to raise what is believed to be the last surviving example…

Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration Nearing Completion in Sweden

The Flygvapenmuseum (Air Force Museum) in Linköping, Sweden, just south of Stockholm is reporting significant…