Vintage Aviation News

F-16 Flyover and Beach City Baby Highlight The Aviation Museum’s 27th Annual AirFest

August 23, 2023 Angela Decker 0

PRESS RELEASE Get ready for an exhilarating celebration of aviation and history as Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum’s (NASW) popular event AirFest 2023 returns from September 1st to September 4th. […]

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Beach City Baby’s 2023 Air Show Season Shaping Up

March 9, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

As most readers will be well aware, we have followed the progress of Beach City Baby since early 2016. This combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (41-20095) made its first post-restoration flight last May, following a seven-year […]

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C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Flies!

May 16, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, for some years now. Jason Capra and his band of […]

C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ – Fundraiser

February 28, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

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C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ – February 2022 Restoration Update

February 6, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Over the past seven years, we have been following the remarkable efforts by Jason Capra and his team at Vintage Wings Inc. as they have resurrected a combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper from its then […]

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C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Performs First Taxi Trials

December 13, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra and Vintage Wings Inc. over the past five years as they successfully pursued the resurrection of combat-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095. […]

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Beach City Baby – Progress Update – September 2021

September 21, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra and Vintage Wings Inc. over the past few years as they have successfully pursued the resurrection of combat-veteran Douglas C-53 […]

C-53 ‘Beach City Baby’ Receives Her Nose Art

June 29, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra and Vintage Wings Inc. in resurrecting combat-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095 over the past few years. They have successfully returned […]

C-53 Skytrooper “Beach City Baby” – Winter 2021 Restoration Update

January 5, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Here is the latest update from Jason Capra on progress with the resurrection of Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, Beach City Baby, under restoration with Capra and his team at Vintage Wings Inc. in Franklin, Pennsylvania. If […]

C-53 Skytrooper Beach City Baby – Winter 2020 Restoration Update

March 16, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

It has been almost six months since we last updated readers on progress with Vintage Wings Inc’s combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper Beach City Baby. The Operation Torch veteran and workhorse of the North Africa […]

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