Tag: Aviation History

Alenia Aermacchi Will Celebrate its 100th Birthday at 2013 Paris Air Show

With its founding on May 1, 1913, Alenia Aermacchi will celebrate its 100th Year of…

RAF Museum Brings Historic Women in Aviation to Life for UK School Holiday

During the upcoming school holiday in May, the Royal Air Force Museum-Cosford will be celebrating…

Smithsonian Air and Space Giving Away Part of its Collection

Lest there be an uproar, we'll state it upfront: The popular items the public loves…

Planes of Fame Air Show Lightning Strikes Chino Aptly Named

The Planes of Fame Air Museum's 2013 Air Show in Chino, California, entitled "Lightning Strikes…

World’s Only Flying Mosquito Flew Today!

Regular readers of Warbirds News know we've been following the progress of Jerry Yagen and…

Canadian Halifax Project Seeks to Resurrect Planes, from Parts if Necessary

Karl Kjarsgaard is a man on a mission. He is presently combing the globe for…

Work Begins to Retrieve Dornier Do 17 from the Waters off English Coast

Work began last week to raise what is believed to be the last surviving example…

Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration Nearing Completion in Sweden

The Flygvapenmuseum (Air Force Museum) in Linköping, Sweden, just south of Stockholm is reporting significant…

F-111 arrives at Fighter World

A retired Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark made the overland trip…

Columbia Helicopters Acquires Swedish Vertol 107s

Columbia Helicopters of Aurora, Oregon, has acquired 11 of the 14 Swedish Boeing/Kawasaki Vertol 107s…