Tag: Aviation History

Tim Savage Adds Historic Western Airlines DC-3 to Collection

Tim Savage, warbird collector and long-time publisher of Warbird Digest, has acquired Douglas DC-3 NC33644, intending…

Gift of Giving at Yorkshire Air Museum

PRESS RELEASE In 1944 French airmen stationed at RAF Elvington near York made toys for…

Fokker F VIIb ‘Southern Cross’ Replica Flies in Australia

After over 20 years on the ground, the Fokker F.VIIb Replica VH-USU 'Southern Cross', operated…

RT Dickson Honors 4th Fighter Wing Sabre Pilot

By Stephen Chapis Today’s 4th Fighter Wing (FW) is one of two U.S. Air Force…

The Fighting Scouts of The Eight Air Force

Weather was perhaps the major problem facing the Eighth Air Force flying out of England…

Cypriot Company Zela Aviation Acquired Famous Abandoned Olympic Airliners

Two of the rusting, stripped-down passenger jets that once belonged to Olympic Airways (OA), which…

Sacred Heart University Is New Home to Igor Sikorsky Historical Archives

PRESS RELEASE Education, business, computer science, and engineering students walking through Sacred Heart University’s West…

WACO 100th Anniversary Fly-In

by Nigel Hitchman On September 15-17, 2023, the WACO Historical Society held a fly-in at…

Captain Gusso’s Piaggio P.149 Checks All the Boxes

After many years of military and civilian professional flying, Captain Giancarlo Gusso wanted to own…

Historic Feature: Col Borman’s Kingcobra

We present this feature article from the July 1998 archives of Warbirds Worldwide Journal No.45…