Vintage Aviation News

Yorkshire Air Museum Prepares for Open Cockpit Day

April 17, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE Aviation buffs will have the chance to climb into the hot seats of around a dozen jets, helicopters and other aircraft at the Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM), as the attraction near York prepares […]

Avro Vulcan XM594 continues to receive attention for structural repairs and ongoing maintenance. [Photo by Howard Heeley, Down To Earth Promotions]

Restoration Outlook for 2024 at Newark Air Museum

March 13, 2024 Zac Yates 0

PRESS RELEASE During 2023 volunteers at Newark Air Museum (NAM) logged in excess of 18,300 hours of working on a host of projects around the museum’s 16-acre site in north eastern Nottinghamshire in the UK. […]

Avro Shackleton ‘Nose Job’ Completed At Newark Air Museum

December 2, 2023 Zac Yates 0

By Zac Yates After four months the scaffolding has been removed from the nose and forward fuselage of Avro Shackleton WR977 at the Newark Air Museum (NAM) near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England. The Shackleton was […]

Shackleton Refurbishment At Newark Air Museum

August 7, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

By James Kighlty On 25 July, 2023 installation work started on a bespoke scaffolding system around the nose and forward fuselage of Avro Shackleton WR977 at Newark Air Museum (NAM). This will allow teams of […]

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Avro Shackleton AEW.2 Finds a New Home

January 27, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Royal Air Force Museum’s Avro Shackleton AEW.2, WR960, recently had to move from its long term home at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, England. It will eventually go on display at the Avro Heritage Museum in […]

UK Shackleton Preservation Trust Restoring Growler to Flying Condition

June 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 7

Serving the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1951 to 1991 and the South African Air Force (SAAF) from 1957 to 1984, with a design lineage that stretches back to the Avro Lancaster bomber, the Shackleton […]

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 […]

Avro Shackleton

Yorkshire Air Museum Prepares for Open Cockpit Day

Restoration Outlook for 2024 at Newark Air Museum

Avro Shackleton ‘Nose Job’ Completed At Newark Air Museum

Shackleton Refurbishment At Newark Air Museum

Avro Shackleton AEW.2 Finds a New Home

UK Shackleton Preservation Trust Restoring Growler to Flying Condition

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

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group Achieves Major Milestone

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