Vintage Aviation News

The Legacy of Top Gun

May 17, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Hill Goodspeed Historian Historian, National Naval Aviation Museum Article originally written for the Sextant More than thirty years ago, stunning footage of F-14 Tomcats flashed across the silver screen and moviegoers were introduced to […]

Warbird Bucket List

April 29, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Julie M Vessigault What is on your Aviation “Bucket List”? If you are reading this I bet I can guess without even knowing your background: 1. Fly the T-6 2. Fly the Mustang 3. […]

Pioneer of Tactical Airlift visits MacDill AFB

January 25, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

It’s World War II and Nazi Germany occupies France, an Allied nation. Somewhere in the moonlit French countryside, a modified B-24 Liberator flies overhead. Painted matte black, and stripped of unnecessary equipment, this B-24 is […]

A VETERAN’S STORY: From Boy to Radio Man

December 13, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

When asked why folks call him C.R., the interviewee responded, “Well, try to write down Clifford Robert McCullough on most documents and there just ain’t enough space.” Born and raised into a Rockdale County share-cropping […]

MacDill AFB Hosts a Tuskegee Airman

February 19, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 1

By SrA Vernon Fowler, Between 1941 and 1946, there were roughly 1,000 African-American pilots trained at the segregated Tuskegee Army Airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama. Of that number remains just a fraction of Tuskegee Airmen still […]

Interview with a Black Sheep

December 22, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Chris Henry There are many famous characters and groups that exist through aviation history. Their names still exude excitement, honor, and courage against long odds. All of those adjectives describe the men of one […]

DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ V3 hovering over Weissfluhjoch cropped

An Exploding Volume of UAVs

October 27, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 3

Warbird pilot and airshow performer Alan Armstrong’s view of the world of UAVs. Click VOL 280 – OCT 2015 – DRONES to download the PDF version of this article American government, both state and federal, is […]

Warbird Radio Favorite Friday – Tumult With the Red Baron

February 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 story about […]

In Memory of Lt. Col. Edward J. Saylor – Doolittle Tokyo Raider

January 29, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 6

We’re sadden to learn Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Saylor, one of the 80 brave men known as the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, has died. According to Warbird Radio.com, Lt. Col. Saylor passed away quietly at his […]

Former US Navy Pilot Takes Longboards to a New Level

October 29, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

One doesn’t normally connect skateboarding with the life of a naval aviator, but then you don’t know former US Navy F-14 Tomcat pilot, and Top Gun graduate, Michael Maloney. Maloney was looking for a new […]

Interviews