Vintage Aviation News

Behind the Scenes, Air Show Performers are Prepped for Action by CAF Dixie Wing

June 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In addition to adding some minor upgrades to the wing’s facility, the members of the Commemorative Air Force‘s Dixie Wing have been hard at work, working on their warbirds. In preparing their North American P-51D […]

UK Shackleton Preservation Trust Restoring Growler to Flying Condition

June 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 7

Serving the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1951 to 1991 and the South African Air Force (SAAF) from 1957 to 1984, with a design lineage that stretches back to the Avro Lancaster bomber, the Shackleton […]

Sandbar Mitchell Recovery Crew Alaska-Bound

June 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

We had the pleasure of finally meeting a person whose story we’ve been following for while. Patrick Mihalek, owner of Legend Of Aces Aviation and the man who is spearheading the effort to retrieve and […]

Catalina PBY 5A ZK PBY over Lake Wanaka during the 2010 Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow.

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina a Definite Maybe for Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014

June 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

One of the crowd favorites at the biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow, held in even-numbered years in Wanaka, New Zealand, is hoped to return to the event in 2014. Last attending the 2010 show, […]

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The Restoration to Flying Condition of XP-82 Twin Mustang Prototype 44-83887

June 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 22

Tom Reilly is no stranger to warbird restoration; he owned the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida, before Hurricane Charlie destroyed the facility in 2004. He presently heads The B-25 Group, which specializes […]

Vulcan to the Sky Trust Works to Keep Last Flying Avro Vulcan Aloft

June 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The world’s sole remaining airworthy Avro Vulcan, “The Spirit of Great Britain” XH558 was reported to be in its last season of performing at air shows this year due to extensive work that would be […]

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Heading to Fantasy of Flight Collection in Florida

June 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 6

This week, Kermit Weeks of Fantasy of Flight of Polk City, Florida will be heading to Texas with a crew of technicians to begin disassembly of Sikorsky S-43 N-440, once owned by Howard Hughes. Hughes […]

Ex-RNZAF Avenger Gifted to Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society

June 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

An ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Grumman TBF-1 Avenger aircraft that the Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society (GAPS) of Gisborne, New Zealand been looking after for the past 14 years has just been officially gifted […]

National Airline History Museum to Commemorate Historic Coast to Coast Connie Flight

June 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The National Airline History Museum of Kansas City, Missouri is on a drive to raise $3.2 million for the restoration of its Lockheed Constellation and to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Howard Hughes’ record-setting cross-country […]

Iconic Aermacchi MB-326 Jet Returns to Italian Skies

June 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

As we recently reported, this year marks the centenary of Italian aerospace firm Alenia Aermacchi, which got it’s start in 1913 with a crew of 10 employees building the first Nieuport-Macchi monoplane in 1913. In […]

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