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EAA AirVenture 2019 – Photo Update – July 22nd, 2019

July 23, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As everyone is doubtless aware, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 is already in full swing in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. We thought that you might enjoy a few select images from the events so far (with much thanks […]

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Hawker Hurricane Seven-Ship Formation at Old Warden

July 10, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

It is amazing how far the vintage military aviation movement has progressed in the last twenty years. So many aircraft, once thought impossible to restore, have now made it back into the skies. And while […]

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Hispano Buchon C4K.152 – First Post Restoration Flight!

July 2, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon C.4K-152 made her first post-restoration flight yesterday afternoon, less than a year after her refurbishment began with Air Leasing at Sywell Aerodrome near Northampton, England. Air Leasing’s principal, Richard Grace, was at […]

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‘Silver Spitfire’ Takes Flight

July 1, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Boultbee Flight Academy’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MJ271, aka the ‘Silver Spitfire’, has flown for the first time following her restoration with the Aircraft Restoration Company in Duxford, England. John Romain took the aircraft up for her […]

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Duxford Air Festival – Air Show Report

June 25, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Duxford Air Festival 2019 by George Land The Duxford Air Festival opened the 2019 air show season for Imperial War Museum Duxford over the weekend of May 25/26. The show’s organizers chose a line up […]

First Post-Restoration Flight for Ultra-Rare Airco DH.9 WWI Bomber

June 18, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Historic Aircraft Collection’s extraordinarily rare, WWI-era Airco DH.9 light bomber took to the skies over Duxford Aerodrome on May 13th, 2019 for its first post-restoration flight following fifteen years of dedicated conservation and restoration […]