Vintage Aviation News

Campaign To Salvage The P-38 Lightning “Maid Of Harlech,”

November 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 13

The nephew of a pilot who crashed his Second World War fighter plane near Harlech is campaigning for the wreckage to be salvaged and placed in a museum. The rare United States Army Air Force […]

F-35 Hangar Dedicated to WWII Pilots Who Flew The P-38

October 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Officials from Lockheed Martin dedicated a hangar to the people who built, flew and maintained the aircraft. The hangar is now home to the F-35 Lightning II, which is nicknamed after the P-38 and is […]

A Downed Allied Pilot, the French Resistance and the Exhumation of his P-38 After Seven Decades

August 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

In the summer of 1944, the skies above the French region of Picardy were the site of some of the largest air battles yet in the Second World War. Second Lieutenant James Clayton Johnston of […]

Lockheed Skunk Works Celebrates its 70th Anniversary

June 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Lockheed Martin‘s count, this year marks the 70th anniversary of its secretive yet famous Skunk Works division, though some credibly argue that its genesis began with the 1938 development of the XP-38 that led […]

466268 570015729685313 2115868141 o 1024x657

Planes of Fame Air Show Lightning Strikes Chino Aptly Named

May 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s 2013 Air Show in Chino, California, entitled “Lightning Strikes Chino” happened this past weekend and had five flying Lockheed P-38 Lightnings in the air and flying formation, in what […]

Flying Bulls to Fly at the Royal International Air Tattoo

May 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Salzburg, Austria-based Flying Bulls Collection has just announced that they will be sending their meticulously restored and maintained Lockheed P-38L Lightning and Chance-Vought F4U Corsair for participation in the extraordinary seven-hour long flying display […]