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90 Years Ago Today Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corp. Was Estabilished

March 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

It was March 5th 1923 when The great aeronautical pioneer Igor Sikorsky set up the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corp. in the United States with the financial help of several important leading figures, including Sergey Rachmaninoff. […]

General Chuck Yeager’s First Kill

March 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

It was March 4, 1944 during the first daylight raid escorting bombers over Berlin that Chuck Yeager, flying his P-51 ‘Glamorous Glenn’ shot down his first enemy aircraft. Chuck Yeager shot down a Messerschmidt Me […]

CAF Red Tail Squadrons Rise Above Exhibit Coming to Carolinas Aviation Museum

February 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport will be hosting the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron’s Traveling Exhibit entitled “Rise Above”, honoring the legendary “Tuskegee Airmen.” The Traveling Exhibit, which features […]

Flying Tigers Miniseries in the Works

February 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Former HBO Films president Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment has announced that they are turning the story of the Flying Tigers into a ten-hour TV miniseries. The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air […]

Tuskegee Airmen Circa May 1942 to Aug 1943

Special Black History Month Celebration At The Frontiers of Flight Museum

February 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Frontiers of Flight Museum, the Texas Eagles for Aviation and Claude R. Platte DFW Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen have partnered to bring a special Black History celebration to the North Texas community. The […]

New Zealand DC-3 Commemorates Historic Batten Flight

February 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Retracing the route taken by famed aviatrix Jean Batten when she made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand during October 1936, Airscapade‘s Douglas DC-3C N451ZS arrived in Auckland, New Zealand following a […]

Reproduction of a World War One Fokker with a Storied History Comes Together in Canada

February 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Vintage Aviation Team (TVAT) of Brampton Ontario is making steady progress in the building of a full-scale reproduction of the Fokker D.VII 8609/18 that was famously flown at public air displays all across Canada […]

The End of the Line for the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders

February 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders will end their longstanding tradition of annual reunions this year near the place where it all started, Elgin Air Force Base and Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The group of 80 men […]

The Carolinas Aviation Museum is Now Part of the Smithsonian Institution’s Affiliations Program.

February 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Carolinas Aviation Museum, located on the grounds of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina is now an official member of the Smithsonian Institution’s Affiliations Program. The mission of Smithsonian Affiliations is to share […]

WWII Heritage Days at the CAF DIXIE WING

February 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

PEACHTREE CITY- The Commemorative Air Force, Dixie Wing will be holding their WWII Heritage Days Saturday and Sunday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM April 27-28 at the Dixie Wing Historical Airpower Facility at Falcon Field […]

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