Vintage Aviation News

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Flies from South Africa to its New Home in San Diego

March 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso N427CV (the registration number is apparently a nod to the plane’s original Canadian Vickers construction number of CV-427) has recently completed a complete stem to stern restoration in Rand, South Africa, […]

Yokosuka D4Y Suisei Judy Awakens

March 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

A former Japanese Imperial Navy Yokosuka D4Y Suisei dive-bomber (Allied reporting name “Judy”) fired up her engine for the first time in almost 70 years recently at the Planes of Fame (POF) Museum and restoration […]

Rare Hawker Tempest II Comes to the States for Restoration

March 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

With Indian Air Force livery still evident, Hawker Tempest II MW404 arrived at Hooks Memorial Airport near Houston, Texas to its new owner Chris Miller who had shipped the plane from the United Kingdom. Over […]

Black Arrow Hawker Hunter Completes Restoration

March 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Hawker Hunter which was the lead plane for the 111th Squadron’s Black Arrow aerobatic display team’s world-record 22 plane formation loop-de-loop at the Farnborough Air Show in 1958, was recently restored to the gloss […]

Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar Fields Yet Another Flying Spitfire

March 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar in England has a newly-restored Supermarine Spitfire that is about to take its first flight after being involved in a tragic crash in Blue Canyon, California in June of 1998 that took […]

Douglas A-26C Invader Reida Rae Unveiled

February 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

Following an exhaustive nine-year restoration, the combat-veteran Douglas A-26C Invader 43-22499 “Reida Rae” was unveiled to much fanfare at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, beautifully polished and sporting her vanishingly-rare early-style […]