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Westland Whirlwind Fighter Project

August 30, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Westland Whirlwind was a remarkable twin-engined fighter which served Britain’s Royal Air Force during the early stages of WWII. The type had great promise, being one of the fastest fighters of its day when […]

New England Air Museum – Burnelli CBY-3 Restoration Update – August, 2020

August 5, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

Periodically, we have made restoration updates regarding the ultra-rare Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. However, it has been more than a year since our last progress report though, so […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – July, 2020

August 2, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the July, 2020 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 […]

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The People’s Mosquito: Operation Jericho – Update 8

July 31, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The People’s Mosquito has just announced the latest update in their fundraising campaign, dubbed Operation Jericho, and what these funds have already initiated. They began this campaign just over three months ago, and have raised […]

CAF Dixie Wing Boeing N2S-2 Kaydet – July 2020 Restoration Update

July 21, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

As we reported in January, the Commemorative Air Force’s Dixie Wing in Peachtree City, Georgia has begun restoring a Stearman (Boeing) N2S-2 Kaydet which they acquired last August. A lot has happened in the interim; indeed […]

Hawker Siddeley Kestrel – Restoration Update – July, 2020

July 20, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Back in April, we wrote a story about the remarkable efforts which the Wings Museum in Balcombe, England is embarking upon to resurrect Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 XS694, a rare surviving example of the fabulous […]

The People’s Mosquito: Operation Jericho – Update 7

July 8, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Dutch Fokker D.XXI – Resurrection Update – July, 2020

July 7, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

Just over a year ago, in February 2019, we published a story about ambitious plans to build an accurate, airworthy replica of the iconic, though all-but-extinct Fokker D.XXI. Coming together under the direction of experienced […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – June, 2020

July 2, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the June, 2020 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 […]

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Former RNZAF Harvard Under Restoration in Wanaka, New Zealand

July 1, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

Callum Smith’s Twenty24 Ltd. has just begun the restoration of North American Harvard Mk.IIa in Wanaka, New Zealand for Masterton-based warbird pilot, Bevan Dewes. Contstructed for a U.S. Army Air Force’s contract as AT-6C 41-33720 […]

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