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Dutch Call Time on DC-3 Pleasure Flying

February 29, 2024 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 4

By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor One of the world’s longest-serving vintage aircraft rides organizations is finishing up its passenger flying operation at the end of 2024. Founded back in 1982, as the Dutch Dakota Association, […]

New England Air Museum – DC-3 Restoration Update

May 24, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has been covering the New England Air Museum’s various restoration projects over the past couple of years, and today we have an update to share on their beautiful Douglas DC-3. We covered the beginning […]

Daks Over Normandy – Event Report

June 10, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Geoff Jones. Organized by the Round Canopy Parachuting Team (RCPT), the plan to bring a large number of Douglas Dakota transport aircraft to Normandy on June 6th, 2014 for the 70th anniversary of the […]

Air Atlantique’s DC-3 Dakotas

May 5, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 14

Many people outside of the UK may be unaware of Air Atlantique, which has operated a significant fleet of Douglas DC-3s in various roles for several decades now. Based at Coventry Airport in England, the fleet […]

DC-3 Donated to The Texas Air & Space Museum

March 18, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Federal Aviation Administration has just retired the last of their Douglas DC-3 flight inspection aircraft. Registered N34, the aircraft wore many hats during its decades of FAA service, and now calls the Texas Air […]

Last Flying RNZAF Dakota at Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014

February 23, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Warbirds Over Wanaka air show, in Wanaka, New Zealand will be rumbling to life this Easter weekend, from the 18th through 20th of April. The biennial event is famous the world over for its […]

Warbird Restorations

Scott Thompson’s B-17 Updates From Madras

Scott Thompson of AeroVintage recently shared an update on the AeroVintage website about two of the three B-17s currently at Madras, Oregon, with the Erickson Aircraft Collection. The post highlights ongoing wing restoration work on one aircraft and the start of disassembly on another. […]

DC-3

Dutch Call Time on DC-3 Pleasure Flying

New England Air Museum – DC-3 Restoration Update

Daks Over Normandy – Event Report

Air Atlantique’s DC-3 Dakotas

DC-3 Donated to The Texas Air & Space Museum

Last Flying RNZAF Dakota at Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014

B-17 Alliance Foundation Hosts Fundraiser To Support B-17 Lacey Lady Restoration

CAF P-47N Thunderbolt – Restoration Update – Winter 2024

Cradle of Aviation Museum’s Fokker D.VII Replica Project

A Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio Takes Shape in Norway