Vintage Aviation News

Freshly Restored P-40 Arrives in New Orleans

February 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana took delivery of their freshly restored P-40E Warhawk in early February. A crane lifted it into position, hanging in the museum’s new Campaigns of Courage pavilion, while […]

“Aviation In The Movies” For POF’s Living History Event

January 1, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Planes of Fame Air Museum is starting the new year with an interesting topic for its monthly Living History Event.The subject for the January 4 event is ‘Aviation in the Movies’, featuring the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. […]

Air Show Report: Germany’s Hahnweide Oldtimer Air Show 2013

September 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

Andreas Zeitler Reports: The Hahnweide Oldtimer Fly-In is Germany’s biggest warbird airshow. Held biannually on the first weekend of September, the show is widely considered to be on-par with the European continent’s other major warbird […]

Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer Added to Virtual Tour of National Museum of the US Air Force

July 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

One of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s newest exhibits, NASA’s first space shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT-1), which was used primarily for on-orbit crew training and engineering evaluations has been added to […]

Air Show Report: 2013 Duxford Flying Legends Air Show

July 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Paolo Franzini Reports: With exceptionally warm and sunny weather one does not normally associate with England, the 21st annual Flying Legends Air Show, staged by The Fighter Collection at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, […]

Air Show Report: 2013 Geneseo Air Show

July 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Tom Pawlesh Reports: “The Greatest Show on Turf” presented by the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group of the National Warplane Museum is just that, the greatest. One of my favorite shows of the season, the Geneseo […]

Planes of Fame Hosting AVG Flying Tigers Event July 6th

July 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California will be holding a living history event on July 6. The topic for the event shall be the Flying Tigers and the AVG, featuring the Curtiss […]

Hangar 11 Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk Finally Breaks Cover With New Paint Scheme

June 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

As we’ve been following here at Warbirds News, The Hangar 11 Collection in North Weald, UK has been in the process of stripping their Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk G-KITT back to bare metal for a new […]

Imperial War Museum Spring Air Show 2013

June 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Record crowds attended the the Imperial War Museums’ 2013 Spring Air Show at RAF Duxford in the UK last week. Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of American forces during the Second World War.

CAF Tex Hill Wing 2013 Fly-In at Hondo Army Air Field May 18th

May 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Tex Hill Wing will be hosting their annual fly-in event this weekend, May 18th at South Texas Regional Airport at Hondo, in Hondo Texas. This year’s event will be celebrating […]

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk