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Randy’s Warbird Profiles: Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 “White A”

August 30, 2024 Zac Yates 0

By Randy Malmstrom Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific airframes with a highly detailed series […]

Combat Veteran Focke Wulf FW-190 Project For Sale With Platinum Fighter Sales

August 22, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 10

Periodically, we highlight vintage aircraft listed for sale with one of our sponsors, Platinum Fighter Sales. One of their newly-listed airframes which really caught our eyes is a rare 1944 Focke-Wulf Fw190 F-8 described in […]

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Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ‘White 1’ Fires Up its BMW 801 Engine

February 1, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 7

The Collings Foundation’s rare Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 (Wk Nr 931862) fired up its equally rare BMW 801D powerplant this week, a milestone event in the aircraft’s restoration. Perhaps better known to the warbird world as […]

Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 – ‘White 1’ Restoration Update (September 2019)

October 1, 2019 Moreno Aguiari 1

After many years of painstaking effort, Focke-Wulf Fw-190F-8 wk.nr. 93182 – known the world over as White 1 – is coming close to flying again. Dr. Mark Timken was, for many years, the driving force behind […]

Warbird Radio Favorite Friday – Dr.Mark Timken & White 1

March 20, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has another great piece from Matt Jolley and Warbird Radio that we thought we would share with you this morning for Warbird Radio Favorite Friday! This week Matt Jolley will revisit a conversation with […]

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Privateer Airborne

February 26, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 25

With the recent first post-restoration flight on February, 20th of a rare Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer in Casa Grande, Arizona, WarbirdsNews thought our readers would like to learn more about the project, as well as the […]

A Pilot’s View of Historic Aircraft

August 11, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – Aviation fans from across the country are being given the chance to sit inside some of the world’s most historic aircraft at the Open Cockpits Evening being held at the Royal Air […]

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Now On Display At Cosford

October 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Autumn is off to a flying start at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford with the arrival of a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8. These German fighter aircraft were widely used by the Luftwaffe during World […]

Flying The Focke Wulf FW-190

September 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Ray is a “flying machine”, in fact he serves as the Chief Pilot for the Liberty Foundation but his “real” job is flying as an airline pilot, as well as an F-16 pilot in the […]

UPDATED: First Confirmed Warbird Sales From Jerry Yagen Military Aviation Museum

June 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 11

NOTE:The latest news on the dissolution of the MAM collection, including the destination of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 and the B-17 “Chuckie” are added at the bottom of this article. As we recently reported, […]

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