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Warbird Radio Favorite Friday – RC Scale Modeler, Dave Platt

March 13, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has another great piece from Matt Jolley and Warbird Radio that we thought we would share with you this morning for Warbird Radio Favorite Friday! This week Matt Jolley will revisit a conversation with […]

Messerschmitts Out of the Barn …

November 17, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 10

While the sale of Connie Edwards’ remarkable collection of six Hispano Buchons has been mooted for some time, it was not until just now that the new owners announced their intentions for the aircraft. Still […]

Wilson ‘Connie’ Edwards and His Hangars Full of History

August 27, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 34

The marvelous Wilson “Connie” Edwards has been in the news a fair bit of late following the announcement of him placing his unique collection of a half dozen Hispano Buchon fighters on the market. With the […]

New Dornier Do-17 Exhibit at RAF Museum Hendon

February 18, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

Like most of our readers, Warbirds News followed the RAF Museum’s historic recovery of the sole surviving Dornier Do-17 last June with profound interest. Since then, the renowned “Flying Pencil” has found itself in a […]

Spitfire and Lancaster Flypasts announced for Royal Air Force Museum’s Battle of Britain Weekend

September 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK will be commemorating the Battle of Britain, considered the most important event in Royal Air Force history, with a weekend of events and activities the weekend of […]

RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway

August 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

It’s just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last surviving Dornier Do 17 was raised from the Godwin Sands off the coast of England. The remains of the plane […]

Aces High: A Heavy Metal Tribute to WWII Fighters

July 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Few bands in the history of heavy metal are as patriotic and focused on war as British icons Iron Maiden, and as far as we know there are no other bands whose frontman holds an […]

RAF Museum Pays Respects at the Gravesite of Dornier 17 Bombardier

June 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

On the same day that the plane that carried him for his final flight was raised from it’s watery grave, the gravesite of Luftwaffe Corporal Heinz Huhn was visited by Alex Medhurst, the General Manager […]

Despite Obstacles, RAF Museum Salvage of Dornier Do 17 a Complete Success

June 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

With salvage consistently hampered by poor weather and seabed geology that prevented the fitment of their carefully-engineered lifting frame, the Royal Air Force Museum nonetheless successfully managed to wrest a Dornier Do 17 from the […]

RAF Museum Retrieval of Dornier Do 17 Proceeding

May 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

As we recently reported, the retrieval of what is believed to be the world’s only intact Dornier Do 17 from the Goodwin Sands off the eastern coast of England began last week. The underwater salvage […]

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