Tag: Aviation History

First Consistent International Trade Route On March 22, 1919

Originally designed as a heavy bomber, the Farman F.60 Goliath was adopted as one of…

RAF Surpluses More Tornados

Three Panavia Tornado F.3s at the aircraft Maintenance and Storage Unit at RAF Shawbury in…

Spitfire Damaged Upon Landing

Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX PS853, registered as G-RRGN, which we recently reported as having completed a…

Engine Test for the Starfighter LN-STF

Today we have another engine test.  The first test of this engine was performed in…

Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 Restoration Well Underway

The remains of Focke-Wulf 190F-8 93182, a JG 5 fighter that was shot out of…

Dragon Rapide Nearing Completion in Belgium

The Brussels Aircraft Museum Restoration Society is nearing completion on the restoration project of de…

Pearl Harbor Waco UIC Offered for Sale

The 1933 Waco UIC, registration number NC13408 that was a witness to history is being…

Landing Of a Mitsubishi 1MF Fighter Plane On The Carrier Hōshō

March 16, 1923 saw Shunichi Kira’s landing of a Mitsubishi 1MF fighter plane on the…

Fantasy of Flight Opens Second Storage Facility to Visitors

Polk City, Florida-based aviation attraction Fantasy of Flight opened a storage facility onsite to visitors…

“Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?”

In his book, "Sled Driver," SR-71/Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: I'll always remember a certain…