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Latest News From Vulcan XH558

May 27, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

Last Thursday, XH558 was towed out of the hangar to have a full fuel load placed in the new No.5 Starboard fuel tank and 40% fuel in the remaining tanks. After this, she was returned […]

Help Save Lightning XR713

May 2, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

Campaign to Save Lightning XR713: Exclusive WarbirdsNews article written by Tom Moran of Urban Ghosts A campaign is underway to save English Electric Lightning XR713, which is currently awaiting disposal at RAF Leuchars in Scotland. […]

New Fuel Tank for Vulcan XH558

April 8, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

WarbirdsNews keeps close tabs on the status of Avro Vulcan XH558. We learned recently that they received a newly manufactured and tested fuel tank last week, courtesy of Fire Proof Tanks of Portsmouth. Part of […]

Happy Birthday To The Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfín

April 5, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC The Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfín flew for the first time fifty-five years ago today. Czechoslovakia’s reputation for building fine aircraft was fully justified by the L-29 Delfín. Keeping up a tradition […]

Today in Aviation History – First British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 Delivered to the Royal Navy

April 1, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Twenty-one years ago today (April,2 1993), the British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 was delivered to the Royal Navy. The Sea Harrier FA2 (informally known as the “SHAR”) was a single-seat, Vertical/Short-Takeoff […]

Prowler Arrives at Flying Leathernecks Museum

February 11, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum and Historical Foundation at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California has just taken delivery of a Grumman EA-6B Prowler electronics warfare aircraft. Based upon the airframe of […]

Last Hunter Languishes At Swansea

January 21, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 12

** UPDATE ** XL612 was sold to a private owner in France and moved there (La Marsaudiere) on 11 December 2017. Geoff Jones reports. This Hawker Hunter T.7 XL612, which was the last Hunter […]

Iconic NASA F/A-18 Temporarily Moved From Lancaster Baseball Stadium

January 10, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

As reported by the NASA website the iconic NASA F/A-18A , a popular landmark in front of “The Hangar” — the Lancaster Municipal Stadium — in Lancaster, Calif., for the past 17 years, was demounted from its pylon […]

World’s Only Privately Owned Harrier To Rock The 2014 Airhshow Season.

January 3, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Sea Harrier will be touring in 2014 at various air shows. To name a few Chicago, Oshkosh, Milwaukee Rockford, Gary, IN, Lakeland, FL, and Ft. Lauderdale. For those of you who are not familiar with […]

Pilots Confirmed For Jet Racing Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow

December 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

PRESS RELEASE- A NASA astronaut who has completed six space shuttle flights has been confirmed as one of the pilots taking part in high-speed jet racing at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow next Easter.Colonel […]

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