Vintage Aviation News

National Airline History Museum to Commemorate Historic Coast to Coast Connie Flight

June 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The National Airline History Museum of Kansas City, Missouri is on a drive to raise $3.2 million for the restoration of its Lockheed Constellation and to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Howard Hughes’ record-setting cross-country […]

Duluth Aviation Institute Recreating a Hundred Year Old Flying Boat From Scratch

May 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Duluth Aviation Institute of Duluth, Minnesota is in the process of completing a flying replica of the Benoist XIV flying boat named “Lark of Duluth” which debuted in Duluth in the summer of 1913.

Short Brothers Flying Boats Make a Splash at New Zealand Museum

May 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 11

The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), located in Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand has recently gotten it’s massive Short S.45 Solent 4 ZK-AMO “Aranui” under cover in it’s new 32,000 square foot Aviation Display […]

Breguet “Deux-Ponts” Restoration Enters its 26th Year

April 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

At Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport in the Pyrénées region of France the daunting restoration of the behemoth that is the Breguet 765 “Deux Ponts” (Double Decker) is entering in its 26th year, having been started in […]

Super Constellation Completes Restoration in Delaware

April 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB in Dover, Delaware, has recently completed its restoration of Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation N1005C. This Super Constellation was built as a civilian model which never saw any […]

Douglas DC-7 to be Converted into Restaurant in Florida

April 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Douglas DC-7B N381AA, a former American Airlines machine from the twilight of the piston-driven age, has been saved from the junkyard by the Perna family, who have had it transported to New Smyrna Beach, Florida […]

Maryland Martin 4-0-4 Evokes Original Prototype

March 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Thanks to a donation from aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, the Glenn L Martin Maryland Aviation Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, has repainted their Martin 4-0-4, registration number N259S in the color scheme originally worn by the […]

Yankee Air Museum Makes Tough Decisions

March 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Three vintage aircraft are scheduled to be scrapped by the Yankee Air Museum of Belleville, Michigan: A Douglas DC-6B, a Grumman A-6A Intruder and an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy AW.650. The museum, founded in 1981 suffered […]

First Consistent International Trade Route On March 22, 1919

March 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Originally designed as a heavy bomber, the Farman F.60 Goliath was adopted as one of the early airline and commercial planes. It debuted the first consistent international trade route on March 22, 1919, establishing aerospace […]

Ford Tri-Motor Being Restored to Flying Condition in Ohio

March 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Tri-Motor Heritage Foundation is currently restoring to flying condition a Ford Tri-Motor in the hangar of the Liberty Aviation Museum and is allowing the public to watch the restoration process as it progresses, both […]

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