Tag: Aviation History

Warplane Museum Grows on Geneseo Turf

By Austin Hancock Geneseo, NY - When the “Greatest Shot on Turf” concludes in mid-July,…

Smithsonian Selects The Museum of Flight to Exhibit Apollo 11

The Smithsonian Institution announced at a ceremony today that the Apollo 11 command module Columbia--the…

Vintage Wings of Canada’s Spitfire Update

By Dave O'Malley In 1967, just 22 years after the end of the Second World…

The Warning Star Rescue Project

By Austin Hancock Belleville, MI - The Yankee Air Force/Museum, known for operating a gorgeous…

Red Tail Legacy Comes Full Circle

Airmen assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing take great pride in the heritage created…

Introducing the Hawker Harrier II Turbine Timepiece

The Hawker Harrier is one of the world’s most iconic jet combat aircraft. Developed initially…

Werribee B-24 Rising-Up, Down-Under

By Austin Hancock - From a report of Phil Buckley and photos by Dave Miller.…

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Acquires a Napier Sabre Engine

On October, 29 2016 the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group publicly launched the exciting project to restore…

German Bomber Wings its Way to the Midlands

A rare example of the great German multi-role combat aircraft of the Second World War,…

Reevers Warbirds’s B-25 “Lucky Lady” Update

By Phil Buckley Reevers Warbirds, in Adelaide, Australia, moved its NAA B-25J Mitchell s/n 44-31508…