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VH 34C being towed out to the display beside Ikes Columbine I Sept 16 2021

Presidential VH-34C Choctaw Restored at Pima Air & Space Museum

September 19, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Pima Air & Space Museum near Tucson, Arizona is always on the go – so much so that it’s hard to keep track of the myriad new aircraft which they regularly add to their […]

thumbnail Fokker D.21 engine test picture Egmond Vintage Wings

Fokker D.XXI Replica Nearing First Flight

September 15, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

For the past couple of years, we have been watching the ambitious efforts in the Netherlands to re-create a flying replica of the all-but-extinct Fokker D.XXI ( click HERE for our previous articles), a charismatic […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – June/July, 2021

September 2, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the June/July, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]

‘Night-Fright’ D-Day Veteran C-47 – Restoration Update

August 24, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 5

Of all the consequential battles which took place in the 20th century, it’s doubtful that any loom larger in significance, regarding our collective freedom, than the Normandy Invasion of June 5th/6th, 1944. Better known as […]

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 149

August 23, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As many of our readers will be well aware, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is under restoration to airworthy condition with the Lincoln Aviation Heritage Center at former RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, England. […]

Aermacchi MB 326K Photo By Andrea Torelli

Macchi MB-326K Pilots Receive Type Rating

August 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in late September 2019, we reported on the then-recent first flight of a 1970s-vintage Aermacchi MB-326KZ military jet trainer. This was an unusual situation in that this specific airframe had never flown before since […]

Canberra B.6 XH567 – Restoration Update – August 2021

August 11, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Phil Buckley and John Fisher In Lakeport, California an English Electric Canberra B.6 is under restoration to fly following a long period of storage. Won at auction in late 2020, an enthusiastic team of […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – May/June 2021

August 6, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the May/June, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]

Westland built Dragonfly HR3 WG725 inital stages of restoration at RAAF Amberley 2021

Westland Dragonfly Under Restoration Down Under

August 3, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

In addition to his report on restoration progress with Avro Anson Mk.I W2472, our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline recently relayed details about another project underway at the RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Centre near Brisbane […]

Air Zoo to Complete Unique Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless Restoration

August 2, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Douglas Dauntless SBD-1 BuNo. 1612, the sole surviving example of its variant, was expected to arrive at the Air Zoo’s Flight Discovery Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan today, August 2nd, 2021. The museum’s highly respected restoration team will complete […]

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