Vintage Aviation News

Avro Lancaster “Just Jane” Continues Progress Toward Flight

April 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirby, UK has recently had the number 2 fuel tank out for overhaul and to allow inspection of the inner wing condition on their Avro Lancaster, registration number NX611.

AT-6C Texan Returns to the Sky in France

April 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Emerging after a 15-year restoration, a North American AT-6C Texan has just recently successfully completed its test flights in Angers, France.

Saab 32 Lansen Prototype goes to Gotland Museum

April 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The original production prototype for the Saab 32 Lansen has been acquired by the Gotlands FörsvarsMuseum on the Swedish island of Gotland, located in the middle of the Baltic Sea. The plane, built in 1955, […]

F104 Starfighter on the Ground in Alberta

April 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

We’ve been closely following the progress of the Alberta Aviation Museum’s newest acquisition, an F-104 Starfighter from The Netherlands, from the announcement of shipment, to its arrival, to the latest news, the un-crating and crane […]

Nova Scotia Museum to Finally Display their Award Winning Anson

April 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Greenwood Military Aviation Museum of Greenwood, Nova Scotia’s Avro Anson, which won the coveted “Excellence in Restoration Award” from the Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association is finally going on display. The plane which underwent a […]

Gotha Go 145 Being Rebuilt in the City of its Birth

April 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In the city of Gotha, Germany, the worlds only intact Gotha Go 145 fuselage is being reconstructed for display by the city that birthed it. While there are reportedly two other crashed remains of these […]

Race-Winning Harrier Acquired by Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

April 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hawker Siddeley Harrier XV744, the plane that won the London to New York contest of the Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race, setting a world-record transit time in the process, has been acquired by the Tangmere […]

Operation Spitfire Aims to Restore Stoke City Icon

April 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Reflecting the new paradigm of crowd-sourcing, Operation Spitfire is enlisting the public for assistance in restoring Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVI RW388 and the updating of its exhibits. The 1945-built plane was donated to the City […]

“Sandbar Mitchell” Soon to be Retrieved from Alaskan River

April 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Two intrepid Michigan men returned from Alaska earlier this month, on a scouting mission in preparation for a June expedition to retrieve the remains of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber that has been sitting […]

Breguet “Deux-Ponts” Restoration Enters its 26th Year

April 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

At Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport in the Pyrénées region of France the daunting restoration of the behemoth that is the Breguet 765 “Deux Ponts” (Double Decker) is entering in its 26th year, having been started in […]

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