Vintage Aviation News

Hurricane Night Fighter Replica With a French Twist

June 18, 2024 Zac Yates 0

The bravery of a French pilot who came to the defense of York in its darkest hour is being honored with a new exhibit at the Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) at Elvington: a replica of […]

The fuselage of Hurricane P3351 now wears the markings of 310 Sqn’s P3143/NN-D as worn during the Battle of Britain. [Photo courtesy Letecké Muzeum Točná/Tocna Airport]

Hawker Hurricane P3351 Sold to Czech Republic

January 9, 2024 Zac Yates 0

By Zac Yates A British Hawker Hurricane which saw active service in France and Russia and was restored to fly for a New Zealander is soon to fly as a living memorial to Czech pilots […]

Ukrainian Hurricane Wrecks Discovery

July 5, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 2

It is rare in the 2020s for a previously unknown cache of aircraft remains to be revealed, but that’s exactly what broke at the end of June 2023, with the announcement of a set of […]

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Hawker Hurricane Restoration Documentary Found and Restored

October 26, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 1

A twenty-one-year-old video documentary detailing the restoration and eventual return to the airworthiness of Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3351 has been located and resurrected by the Historical Aviation Film Unit (HAFU). P3351 was built in early […]

Supermarine Spitfire MK XVI LF TB752 on display at Manston Spitfire Hurricane Museum 2010

Aviation Museums at the Former RAF Manston

August 25, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently put together a nice piece which focuses on a pair of significant, although often overlooked aviation museums located on the grounds of the former key Battle […]

BBMF Hurricane ‘Last of the Many’ Receives Night Intruder Paint Scheme

May 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

Every few years, each of the aircraft within the Royal Air Force’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) receives a new paint scheme as a way of highlighting the enormous breadth of history and valiant actions which […]

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Pima Air & Space Museum’s Freshly Refurbished Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII Unveiled

January 13, 2020 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The Pima Air & Space Museum has just unveiled their freshly refurbished Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII. The museum had previously displayed the fighter wearing the markings of a 257 Squadron Hurricane Mk.I, RAF serial V6864, flown by […]

Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz Unveiled in Original Finnish Markings at Pima

November 21, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Pima Air & Space Museum in Pima, Arizona recently completed the refurbishment of their Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz biplane and returned it for display inside Hangar 3. The Stieglitz, German for goldfinch, was an excellent […]

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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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Hawker Restorations’ Two-Seater Hurricane

April 2, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Hawker Restorations’ Two-Seater Hurricane by Paul Middleton Vintage aviation enthusiasts will soon be able to take a passenger flight in a Hawker Hurricane for the first time ever after UK restoration company Hawker Restorations Limited […]

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