Tag: Aircraft Salvage

Aircraft or parts thereof being brought back from the dead, whether raised from the oceans’ floor, hacked from a jungle or rescued from a scrapyard.

“Sandbar Mitchell” Soon to be Retrieved from Alaskan River

Two intrepid Michigan men returned from Alaska earlier this month, on a scouting mission in…

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RAFM-Cosford Shows Progress on Hampden Restoration

The Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the RAF Museum-Cosford held the latest of its popular…

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Search for buried treasure comes up empty-handed

After World War II, the RAF allegedly buried several Supermarine Spitfires in crates in the…

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 Restoration Well Underway

The remains of Focke-Wulf 190F-8 93182, a JG 5 fighter that was shot out of…

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Ford Tri-Motor Being Restored to Flying Condition in Ohio

The Tri-Motor Heritage Foundation is currently restoring to flying condition a Ford Tri-Motor in the…

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Shifting Sands Reveal Sunken WWII Treasure

In July 2007 after 65 years under the sands a P-38  was discovered off the…

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Swedish Restoration of Heinkel He 111H-6 Proceeding

In a workshop in Falkenberg, Sweden, restoration of a Heinkel He 111H-6 is proceeding, with…

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Grumman Wildcat Retrieved From Lake Michigan

Lost during a training exercise, FM-2 Wildcat BuNo 57039 broke the surface of Lake Michigan…

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Historically Significant Spanish Civil War Bf 109 Being Restored

Messerschmitt Bf 109E-l (initially registered as 5+88, later as C4K-65), is being restored to flyable…

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The Fate of Nigeria’s Abandoned Aircraft

Faced with 65 major commercial jetliners that were abandoned in place at its Airports, the…

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