Vintage Aviation News

Prone Meteor Finds New Home at Newark Air Museum

July 5, 2024 Zac Yates 3

PRESS RELEASE Throughout 2023 and 2024 the trustees of the Newark Air Museum (NAM) have been in discussions with the Royal Air Force Museum (RAFM), regarding the loan of the Gloster Meteor F.8 (mod) WK935, […]

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Ulster Aviation Society Receives ex-RAF Museum Meteor and Sycamore

December 15, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

by Richard Mallory Allnutt The Ulster Aviation Society is the latest collection to benefit from the Royal Air Force Museum’s 2021 decision to deaccession a number of its airframes. They took delivery of two significant […]

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Gloster Meteor Airborne in Virginia!

June 19, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 4

A Gloster Meteor has flown again in the USA for the first time in decades, with the initial testflight of Gloster Meteor T.7 WA591 at Hampton Roads Executive Airport yesterday afternoon. The World Heritage Air […]

RAF Museum Aircraft On Outdoor Display at Cosford Air Show

June 2, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

A unique opportunity will be available at this year’s RAF Cosford Air Show on June 18th. Eight of the RAF Museum’s historic aircraft will be on static display outside for visitors to see in the […]

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Royal Air Force 100th Anniversary at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018

March 5, 2018 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE – EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (March 5, 2018) — The centennial year of the Royal Air Force will be commemorated with historic aircraft, flyovers, and special programming during EAA AirVenture […]

Jet Age Museum in Gloucestershire, UK Set to Open Later this Month

August 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Jet Age Museum at Gloucestershire Airport in Staverton, UK is to reopen later this month, almost 13 years after it closed. Scheduled to open to the public on Saturday August 24th, the facility will […]

Classic Air Force Museum Adds Two Flying Jets

May 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The newly opened Classic Air Force Museum located at Newquay Cornwall Airport in Newquay, United Kingdom landed two new jets at its facility last week, a BAC Jet Provost T.5A followed the next day by […]

Gloster Meteor Flys to New Home at Jet Age Museum

May 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

An example of Britain’s first operational jet fighter, a Gloster Meteor T.7 was flown, albeit attached to an RAF Chinook, from Imjin Barracks, Innsworth where it had served as a gate guardian from 1994 to […]

Classic Air Force Museum Opens March 29th

March 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

March 29th is the anticipated grand opening date for the Classic Air Force (CAF) museum at Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQI) in Cornwall, United Kingdom. In preparation for the opening, the 1946-built Auster Autocrat , G-JAYI […]

Fantasy of Flight Opens Second Storage Facility to Visitors

March 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Polk City, Florida-based aviation attraction Fantasy of Flight opened a storage facility onsite to visitors last year and it proved to be so popular with patrons that they now have opened a second storage hangar […]

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