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RAF Museum Cosford Exhibits Models of Cancelled Concept Aircraft

July 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK is displaying a collection of original aircraft concept models designed by some of Britain’s biggest aircraft manufacturers during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Many of these pioneering […]

CAF Minnesota Wing Hosts Autistic Group Visit

July 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The Commemorative Air Force’s Minnesota Wing recently hosted a group of guests from Erik’s Ranch & Retreats, a premier residence and workplace for adults with autism, giving one of the group’s members, Ricky, who has […]

World War II Murals: From Midway Atoll To Hawaii

July 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Six 1940s eight-by-twelve foot murals depicting scenes symbolic of the US involvement in World War II were brought to the Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor.

National Warplane Museum Planning a Return to Normandy in Their C-47

July 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The National Warplane Museum of Geneseo, New York is planning to bring their Veteran Douglas C-47 Skytrain back to Normandy, France to mark the 70th anniversary of when this very plane dropped paratroopers on the […]

HARS Receives Multi-Million Dollar Donation to Keep its DHC-4 Caribous Flying

July 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Milspec Services is donating more than AU$2.2 Million of brand-new surplus parts to help keep the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society of Illawarra, Australia’s ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribous airworthy.

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McChord Air Museum Completes 25-Year Restoration, Wins Award

July 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Volunteers for the McChord Air Museum, located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington have recently completed a 25 year restoration project on a Canadian Vickers SA-10 Catalina, a variant of the Consolidated PBY Catalina, […]

Aviation Pioneer Tom Gunn Exhibit at the Pacific Aviation Museum

July 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Pacific Aviation Museum of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is opening a new exhibit on Saturday July 13th. Entitled “Pacific Aviation Pioneers”, the inaugural exhibit will be on aviation daredevil and stunt pilot Tom Gunn and […]

Planes of Fame Hosting AVG Flying Tigers Event July 6th

July 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California will be holding a living history event on July 6. The topic for the event shall be the Flying Tigers and the AVG, featuring the Curtiss […]

Palm Springs Air Museum Trying to Land an F-105 Thunderchief

July 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The Palm Springs Air Museum of Palm Springs, California has been offered a Republic F-105 Thunderchief by the US Air Force. All that is required is the money to ship the Vietnam War-era bomber/fighter plane […]

Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Lands at Fantasy of Flight

June 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Kermit Weeks and his team from Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, spent about a week in Texas earlier this month disassembling the 1937 Sikorsky S-43 that Howard Hughes commissioned for a record-breaking around […]

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