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Splashdown For World’s Oldest Flying Catalina

May 31, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Once common in the skies just a couple of decades ago, there are sadly very few Consolidated PBY Catalinas flying these days, and almost none of them make water landings and take offs any more. […]

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Martin Mars Movements…

August 14, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The last operational Martin JRM-3 Mars water bomber seems set to retire this year, judging by a recent announcement in the Coulson Group’s August 2014 news letter. Sadly the provincial government in British Columbia, where […]

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.

World’s Last Macchi M.7 Undergoing Restoration in Sweden

May 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In addition to the Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration on which we recently reported, another restoration project of Flygvapenmuseum and the Tullingebergsvägen Group is making progress; coincidentally it’s also a flying boat, a Macchi M.7.

Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration Nearing Completion in Sweden

May 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Flygvapenmuseum (Air Force Museum) in Linköping, Sweden, just south of Stockholm is reporting significant progress in the restoration it’s 1913 Donnet-Lévêque Type A flying boat. The restoration project is being performed by the Tullingebergsvägen […]

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 […]

Centenary Celebration of the First Flight of the Sopwith Bat Boat

April 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the maiden flight of the Sopwith Bat Boat, the first successful flying boat built and flown in in the United Kingdom, there will a commemorative exhibition held […]

Martin JRM Mars Headed to National Aviation Museum in Pensacola

April 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 10

Philippine Mars, one of two surviving Martin JRM Mars out of a total of seven built has been retired and will be flown to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. The large, four-engined […]

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. […]

Flying Boat

Splashdown For World’s Oldest Flying Catalina

Martin Mars Movements…

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

World’s Last Macchi M.7 Undergoing Restoration in Sweden

Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration Nearing Completion in Sweden

Short Brothers Flying Boats Make a Splash at New Zealand Museum

Centenary Celebration of the First Flight of the Sopwith Bat Boat

Martin JRM Mars Headed to National Aviation Museum in Pensacola

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