Vintage Aviation News

A-26 Invader ‘Sugarland Express’ For Sale by Platinum Fighter Sales

December 18, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

This A-26 Invader has benefited from extensive maintenance at Meier Motors over the past year. Equipped with dual controls and an executive interior featuring six reclining seats, N167B combines functionality with comfort. […]

Douglas A-26 Invader from the Movie “Always” Joins the Museum of Mountain Flying

November 27, 2024 Adam Estes 1

High in the mountains of Montana, a firefighting film star finds a new home […]

A-26 Invader Maestro: An Interview With Steve Swift

November 18, 2024 Stephen Chapis 1

Stephen Swift talks about the privilege of flying a quartet of Douglas Invaders. […]

Douglas A-26 Invader Restoration project, End Of An Era

April 8, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 4

By Stephen Chapis For the past decade, at a small airport in Provo, Utah, a small band of dedicated volunteers have been restoring what is believed to be the last complete Douglas A-26 Invader to […]

CAF A-26B Invader Night Mission Update

December 22, 2023 Zac Yates 1

By Gary Daniels and Zac Yates The A-26B (s/n41-39427/N240P) is the namesake for the Commemorative Air Force A-26 Invader Squadron, which was formed in February 2009 to restore the aircraft to flying condition. Once known […]

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Kermit Weeks’ A-26 Invader Flies

February 25, 2023 Adam Estes 7

by Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) Kermit Weeks’ Douglas A-26B Invader (41-39401) made its first successful post-restoration flight on February 20th, 2023, making a thirty-minute hop from Chino Airport in Chino, California. Aero Trader performed […]

Planes of Fame A-26 Invader to Fly Again!

January 20, 2023 Adam Estes 1

by Adam Estes Most readers will know that, for the past half century, the legendary Planes of Fame Air Museum has based the majority of their collection at Chino Airport in San Bernardino County, California. Less well […]

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Douglas A-26 Invader Movements Downunder

September 26, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Reevers Warbirds has commenced the move of their Douglas A-26C Invader from Archerfield Airport in Brisbane, Queensland to her new home at Parafield Airport in Adelaide, South Australia. This Invader once flew with the US Army […]

CAF A-26 Invader Squadron Update

March 31, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

The Commemorative Air Force’s A-26 Invader Squadron, based within the Vintage Flying Museum’s hangar at Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, has spent the winter month’s working hard on their Douglas A-26B Invader 41-29427. The Squadron […]

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12 Planes of Christmas – Douglas A-26 Invader

December 9, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

As part of WarbirdsNews support for the Commemorative Air Force’s fund-raising campaign ’12 Planes of Christmas’ we will be highlighting each of the aircraft on their list. The fourth of these is the Sierra Hotel Sponsor […]

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