Tag: Aviation History

Rise Above: WASP Film Finally Touring Nationwide

PRESS RELEASE - The new film Rise Above: WASP is finally touring the country, with…

COAP Returns to the Skies!

Much like it has been for the entire vintage aviation community, the Center of Aviation…

C-53 ‘Beach City Baby’ Receives Her Nose Art

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra…

Then and Now: A Return to Bodney with 352nd FG Mustang ‘Miss Helen’

by Richard Paver If you’re unfamiliar with the term rephotography, it involves the process of…

June 27, 1923, The First Successful Aerial Refueling

In 1923, the U.S. Army undertook tests at Rockwell Field, San Diego, California, to test…

IWM Duxford Flying Week

By George Land On Sunday, June 20th the third IWM Duxford Flying Day took place…

Navy Wings’ Hawker Sea Fury T.20 VX281 Declared a Write-Off

As we noted earlier this month in our update on the Navy Wings Collection, the…

NASM’s New World War II In The Air Gallery

As many will recall, the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum (NASM) has been undergoing…

Supermarine Spitfire MH603 Performs First Engine Run

On June 16th, 2021 Supermarine Spitfire F.Mk.IX MH603 performed its first engine runs at Vintage…

The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot – June, 19-20 1944

From an original article by the Naval History and Heritage Command The U.S. Navy’s offensive…