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MAAM WWII Weekend – Air Show Image Supplemental

June 18, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As we reported last week, the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum held their annual WWII Weekend extravaganza in the first weekend in June. Due to a miscommunication error (on your editor’s part), we ended up having two […]

Record Crowds Turn Out For Reading’s Annual World War II Weekend

June 8, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 2

The sights, sounds and smells of World War II filled the air around Reading Regional Airport as the 30th annual Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s World War II weekend wrapped up on Sunday. About 60 World War […]

Mid Atlantic Air Museum’s WWII Weekend Canceled

June 11, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 0

As you may have already seen, the Mid Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) has had to cancel their 2020 WWII Weekend, one of the nation’s truly great events celebrating the men and women who helped preserve our […]

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum WWII Weekend 2019 – Air Show Report

June 17, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum WWII Weekend 2019 – Air Show Report By A. Kevin Grantham The twenty-ninth annual WWII Weekend (WWIIW) took place at Spaatz Field (Reading Regional Airport) in Reading, Pennsylvania, over the weekend of […]

WWII Weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum – Air Show Report

June 5, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WORLD WAR II WEEKEND By A. Kevin Grantham The Mid-Atlantic Air Museum (MAAM) offered its annual graduate course in 1940s-era culture at Spaatz Field (Reading Regional Airport) in Reading, Pennsylvania, over the weekend of 1-3 […]

Warbird Digest Magazine – Aircraft Resurrection Report for Issue #76

January 4, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

As a teaser to our readers concerning the coverage they can expect from our sister publication, Warbird Digest Magazine, we thought we would share the details from the current issue’s Resurrection Report. The current issue, […]

Northrop P-61 Black Widow – December 2017 Restoration Update

December 30, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 5

The Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania has just released their 2017 annual summary on progress with the restoration of their ultra-rare Northrop P-61B Black Widow night fighter 42-39445. They have been working diligently on […]

8th Air Force Control Tower Planned at Mid-Atlantic Air Museum

May 16, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Mark Chapin Col. USAF ret. January 10, 1945 AAF Station 130: The morning mist shrouded the tiny village of Conington in Huntingdonshire as the inhabitants once again awoke to the roar of dozens of […]

Northrop P-61 Black Widow – February 2015 Restoration Update

February 27, 2015 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

WarbirdsNews recently heard from Russ Strine who runs the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania. As most of you will know, his museum is rebuilding the Northrop P-61B Black Widow (42-39445) which they recovered […]

Northrop P-61 Black Widow 2015 Restoration Update

December 19, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 10

The Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania has made great progress on their Northrop P-61 Black Widow restoration project over the past year. Last December, volunteers pulled the P-61’s outer right wing from storage, prepared holding […]

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