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Collings Foundation Adds Skyraider to Wings of Freedom Tour – Take a Flight!

April 18, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Collings Foundation has just announced that their Douglas A-1E Skyraider will be joining the Wings of Freedom Tour for the California part of the tour from April 26 through June 10*. They are now […]

Tuskegee Airman Fairchild PT-19A – Collings Foundation Restoration Update

February 10, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Collings Foundation is currently in the midst of a renaissance, with a dozen or so vintage military aircraft currently under restoration to flying condition to join their already burgeoning fleet of airworthy warbirds. In amongst […]

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Collings Foundation’s F-4 Phantom II Takes to the Skies Again!

August 9, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 11

The Collings Foundation‘s F-4 Phantom II is now the only flying example of its kind in North America. She took to the skies again in the capable hands of former US Air Force ‘Rhino’-driver Harry “D-Day” Daye at 10:50am […]

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“Wings of Freedom Tour” to Visit The Museum of Flight

June 8, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 2

The steady rumble of World War II airplanes will resonate at The Museum of Flight June 23-25, when the Collings Foundation “Wings of Freedom Tour” will visit The Museum of Flight. Ground tours and flights […]

Collings Foundation Receives Former Tuskegee PT-19A Project

February 28, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Collings Foundation of Stowe, MA has received a 1944 Fairchild M-62A (PT-19A) s/n 9504AE, AAC 43-31512 requiring restoration. This particular aircraft was one of 477 built under license by the Aeronca Aircraft Corporation of […]

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Bomber Camp 2016 – Battle of the Bombers!

January 8, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 9

Most of us with a keen sense of aviation history have wondered what it was like to fly and fight aboard a WWII heavy bomber. We’ve seen wartime footage, and classic war movies like Twelve […]

FAA Lifts Moratorium on Living History Flight Experiences

July 27, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 11

The Collings Foundation’s B-17G ‘Nine-o-Nine’ was exempted from the moratorium on “Living History Flight Experiences”, but other aircraft in the collection were not. Now with the moratorium lifted, hopefully Collings, along with many other warbird […]

UPF-7 Waco joins the Collings Foundation

December 6, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Collings Foundation seems to be on a real tear these days, adding new aircraft to the collection seemingly every other month over the past year. They have just acquired a beautifully restored example of […]

Unique P-40B Arrives At American Aero Services

August 24, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Collings Foundation’s unique Curtiss P-40B Warhawk has finally arrived back in the United States. It didn’t fly home, but rather took the slow boat from England, disassembled inside a shipping container. The fighter is currently with Gary Norville’s […]

Collings Foundation Needs Our Help to Sway Planning Board Decision

August 20, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 9

The Collings Foundation needs our help to gain planning permission for a new museum building they wish to construct for housing a major military vehicle collection they just acquired. What follows is their press release, but […]

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