Vintage Aviation News

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, […]

A One Of A Kind Nakajima B-5N “Kate”

February 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Last week while working at the CAF Dixie Wing we took a few shots of the Nakajima B-5N “Kate” which is owned by Alan Armstrong. When he is not out flying his Torpedo Bomber, Alan […]

P-38 Lightning and F4U Corsair Video

February 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Today we came across this amazing video of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning and Chance Vought F4U-4 “CORSAIR” belonging to the Flying Bulls collection shot during formation training flight over the Austrian mountains. This F4 was […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fourth Klemm Flies in Sweden

February 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

After a four year restoration by Stockholm, Sweden based owner Joakim Westh, Klemm KI 35 SE-AKN returned to the skies recently, painted in the colors of the Swedish Air Force. Minor teething pains from the […]

Hangar 11s Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk Gets Stripped for a New Paint Scheme

February 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hangar 11‘s Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk G-KITT has been wearing a “Red Tail” paint scheme since 2009 when it was repainted for its featured role in George Lucas’ movie “Red Tails“, released in 2012 which dramatized […]

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