Vintage Aviation News

Aermacchi MB-339 – The New Gate Guard at Wanaka

September 29, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

On September 28th in Wanaka, New Zealand, the local community celebrated the region’s long association with warbirds by placing an Ex Royal New Zealand Air Force jet trainer on a pole at the entrance to Wanaka Airport. […]

Maitland Australia – Air Show Review

July 1, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

2015 MAITLAND AIRSHOW – AVIATION BACK IN THE HUNTER VALLEY – Words and Images by Phil Buckley Maitland, New South Wales, Australia: The weekend of July 4/5 2015 saw the Hunter Valley’s biggest regional airport – Maitland […]

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Gunnedah – Air Show Report from Downunder

June 14, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

GUNNEDAH 2015 – AIRSHOW DISPLAY Story and photos by Phil Buckley Held biennially, the Gunnedah Air Show proved to be an exciting event this year over the weekend of March 14th/15th. Located in north central New South Wales, […]

Neglected B-25 to Resettle in Australia

June 5, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 13

For more than a decade, a forlorn B-25J Mitchell 44-31508 has sat more or less abandoned and exposed to nature at an airfield in Franklin, Virginia. Many have tried in vain to do something positive to […]

Russian Roolettes – Australia’s Civilian Aerobatics Team

May 20, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 4

RUSSIAN ROOLETTES – THE RED STAR WARBIRD TEAM by Phil Buckley Large scale civilian aerobatics teams are not a common sight anywhere in the world, but in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia you can […]

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Qantas Founders Museum Super Constellation Progress

April 7, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in September, 2014, WarbirdsNews reported on the Qantas Founders Museum in Queensland, Australia as having successfully acquired a Lockheed Super Constellation for its collection (read HERE). The aircraft has been quietly mouldering away for the past […]