Vintage Aviation News

Collings Foundation B-17 Bomber Crew Training Camp

April 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hot on the heels of announcing their Messerschmitt Me 262 Flight Training Program, The Collings Foundation has again leveraged their unique position of maintaining one of America’s largest collections of airworthy warbirds to offer yet […]

Wildwood Aviation Museum Hosts Restored B-17

March 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Following a nine-year restoration effort by the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan, the Yankee Lady will pay a visit to New Jersey’s Cape May Naval Air Station from June 10-12. The B-17 has been […]

Today’s Pictures of the B-17 ‘Memphis Belle’ visting Peachtree Dekalb Airport

March 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

In a very cold, windy and snowy day ( what snow in Atlanta!?) I took few shoots of the B-17 replica of the ‘Memphis Belle’ maintained by the Liberty Foundation. This is the history of […]

B-17 “Flying Fortress” ‘Memphis Belle’ at DeKalb Peachtree Airport

March 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

This weekend the B-17 “Flying Fortress” replica of the famous World War II icon, ‘Memphis Belle’ will be offering rides at DeKalb Peachtree Airport. The Boeing B-17 is by far the most famous bomber of World […]

Working In The Tail Section Of a B-17F Bomber

February 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Today’s picture is another 4×5 Kodachrome transparency taken by Alfred Palmer in October 1942. Workers installing fixtures and assemblies in the tail section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long […]

YB 17 Flying Fortress Machine Gun Testing

February 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

May 1942, Langley Field, Virginia, YB-17 bombardment squadron. Testing of the machine guns on the YB 17 Flying Fortress at the Army’s testing facility in Langley, Virginia. Founded in 1916, Langley Field was the […]

US Freedom Pavilion Boeing Center Opens to the Public

January 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The National WWII Museum’s stunning modernistic glass and steel “US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center” opened to the public on January 13th to capacity crowds eager to see the new $35 million home of the […]

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Collings Foundation B-17 Bomber Crew Training Camp

Wildwood Aviation Museum Hosts Restored B-17

Today’s Pictures of the B-17 ‘Memphis Belle’ visting Peachtree Dekalb Airport

B-17 “Flying Fortress” ‘Memphis Belle’ at DeKalb Peachtree Airport

Working In The Tail Section Of a B-17F Bomber

YB 17 Flying Fortress Machine Gun Testing

US Freedom Pavilion Boeing Center Opens to the Public

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