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Gloster Meteor Flys to New Home at Jet Age Museum

May 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

An example of Britain’s first operational jet fighter, a Gloster Meteor T.7 was flown, albeit attached to an RAF Chinook, from Imjin Barracks, Innsworth where it had served as a gate guardian from 1994 to […]

Cavanaugh Flight Museum Bringing “The Brat III” to AirVenture 2013

May 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Cavanaugh Flight Museum of Addison, Texas recently announced that it’s North American P-51D Mustang “The Brat III” would be among the museum’s vintage warbirds it plans to fly to Oshkosh, Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture […]

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Castle Air Museum Skywarrior Set to Make its Open Cockpit Debut

May 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

After about three years of hard work, the Castle Air Museum of Atwater, California’s 56th display plane was rolled into position last week. The Douglas RA-3B Skywarrior BuNo 144843 was shipped the the museum from […]

Smithsonian Air and Space Giving Away Part of its Collection

May 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Lest there be an uproar, we’ll state it upfront: The popular items the public loves to visit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, in Washington D.C. are not being given away. So there’s no […]

Museum of Flight to Acquire Lockheed Model 10 Electra via “Project Amelia”

May 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington is well along in its efforts to fund “Project Amelia” which would see the museum acquire a restored and in flying condition Lockheed Model 10E Electra which would […]

May 18th to be “British Invasion” Day at the Pima Air and Space Museum

May 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 6

THE DATE FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR MAY 18TH The 18th of May marks almost exactly the 70th Anniversary of the innovative and daring WWII RAF mission called “Operation Chastise,” more commonly […]

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor to Commemorate The Battle of Midway

May 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Marking the 71st Anniversary of the “turning point in the Pacific,” the Battle of Midway, Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor will present a special program featuring Jonathan Parshall, co-author of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story […]

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Planes of Fame Air Show Lightning Strikes Chino Aptly Named

May 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s 2013 Air Show in Chino, California, entitled “Lightning Strikes Chino” happened this past weekend and had five flying Lockheed P-38 Lightnings in the air and flying formation, in what […]

Yanks Air Museum Takes Delivery of F-104 Starfighter

May 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Planes often have to be shipped from the other side of the earth to join a collection. Imagine how exciting it must have been for the Yanks Air Museum of Chino, California to locate an […]

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress Arrives at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor

May 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

One of the most talked about artifacts of American aviation history, the Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress #41-2446 “Swamp Ghost”, arrived at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor recently. The plane, force landed in 1942 in […]

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