Vintage Aviation News

Setting the Record Straight: B-17 Modification Centers

November 22, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The following is an edited version of Kevin “K5” Michels’ article on how the wartime manufacture of Boeing’s B-17 Flying Fortress adapted to get the best and most up-to-date variants of the aircraft to combat […]

Third Turret Installed in The B-17 ‘City of Savannah’

June 9, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

When B-17G 44-83814 arrived at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Savannah, Georgia during January 2009 after decades of storage at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, Dr. Harry Friedman, […]

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B-17E “Desert Rat” – March 2021 Restoration Update

March 11, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

Mike Kellner and his team of volunteers in Morengo, Illinois have been steadily working away on the restoration of Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2595 for much of the past four decades, and we have covered […]

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B-17E “Desert Rat” – June 2020 Restoration Update

June 15, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Final Mission – EAA’s New Book with Personal Stories of B-17 Veterans

March 28, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Experimental Aircraft Association has just announced the release of a new book featuring dozens of personal stories of those who flew, built and maintained the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII. These stories were […]

National Warplane Museum Ends B-17 Operations

January 28, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The National Warplane Museum (NWM) in Geneseo, New York has just announced that they will no longer be flying the late David Tallichet’s Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-83546, and will be returning the aircraft to […]

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Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum Announces Aircraft Adventure Series

January 13, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska recently announced that it is starting a new interactive program labeled the Aircraft Adventure Series which will take place on a Saturday every few weeks this […]

CAF WWII Heritage Days Event Honors Veterans and Medal of Honor Recipients

April 9, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WWII Heritage Days Honors Veterans and Medal of Honor Recipients B-17 Bomber and Dixie Wing Aircraft Offer Rides PEACHTREE CITY, GA. (April 9, 2018) – Nearly 50 World War II veterans will be honored at […]

B-17F Memphis Belle Moves to Air Force Museum’s WWII Gallery

March 21, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 2

The National Museum of the United States Air Force has officially completed the restoration of their historic Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Memphis Belle. A few days ago, Museum personnel moved the famous bomber into her […]

Memphis Belle – A Restoration Profile

February 3, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As most of our readers will be well aware, the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio is close to completing the restoration of one of their most prized exhibits, Boeing […]

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