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Famous Italian Artists G-46 To Be Restored

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Roberto Crippa (b. Monza, 17 May 1921; d. Milan, 19 March 1972) was a famous Italian painter and sculptor. Crippa was also an acrobatic pilot who competed at the international level. In 1972 during a […]

Uruguayan P-51 Mustang Soon to Fly

February 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

A former Uruguayan Air Force North American P-51 Mustang is reaching the end of an extensive restoration that will return it to flying condition performed by the award winning P-51 specialist firm, Midwest Aero of […]

Swiss EKW C-3603 Begins Renovations

February 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Meier Motors, GmbH of Bremgarten, Germany has begun the restoration of an EKW C-3603 fighter-bomber which will be returned to flying condition. Built in 1944, the aircraft, C-547/HB-RBI, was one of 150 of these Hispano-Suiza […]

Rolls Royce Griffon Spitfire Completes Restoration

February 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Following a major restoration effort performed by The Aircraft Restoration Company, the Rolls-Royce Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX PS853, flew once again at Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire, England. While in the care of The Aircraft Restoration Company, […]

1930s Stearman With a Storied History Returns to the Skies

February 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

A Stearman Model 4E Speedmail has made its first post-restoration flight following a five-year stem to stern restoration by Jim Kimball Enterprises of Zellwood, Florida. The plane which was constructed in 1929 is currently owned […]

Worlds Oldest Consolidated PBY Catalina Returns to the Air

February 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Stichting Neptune Association’s Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, PH-PBY, flew for the first time in more than three years at Lelystad in The Netherlands, following a long period of maintenance in the organization’s new hangar at […]

Piper L-4 Grasshopper Takes to the Air Again in Spain

February 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Piper L-4 Grasshopper 12965 (EC-AJY) made its first post-restoration flight recently at Cuatro Vientos, near Madrid, Spain. The plane is operated by the Fundación Infante de Orleans (FIO), and the restoration project was started in […]

Historically Significant Spanish Civil War Bf 109 Being Restored

February 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-l (initially registered as 5+88, later as C4K-65), is being restored to flyable condition by MeierMotors in Bremgarten, Germany. This extremely rare machine is a survivor of the 1938-39 Spanish Civil War at […]

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NM Museum of Space History Honors its Volunteers

February 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The New Mexico Space History Museum loacted in Alamogordo, NM hosted its annual volunteer banquet to one of the largest crowds in recent memory. “We had the largest turnout of volunteers that I have seen […]

Grumman TBM Avenger to Soon Return to the Skies

February 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Following a three-year restoration project, the Commemorative Air Force Grumman/General Motors TBM-3S, BuNo 91426, will soon make its first post-restoration flight in Hagerstown, Maryland. The machine has been with the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) since […]

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