Articles
The Art of North American’s WWII Aircraft Engineering Drawings
Thousands of original North American Aviation technical drawings undergo preservation and cataloguing, highlighted in museum exhibit. […]
North American Aviation
Warbirds News
Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The North American Aviation XP-86
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 1, 1947, after three years of development in which 801,386 engineering hours and 340,594 drafting hours had been expended, the first prototype North American […]
Airshow News
2022 American Navion Society National Fly-in
By Andy Heins The Navion is a now iconic touring/liason aircraft which emerged from North American Aviation’s design studio as the NA-143 during the post-war economic boom in 1946. The NA-143 (produced as the NA-145) […]
Aviation Museum News
Sandbar Mitchell Gets a Helping Hand From a WWII ‘Rosie’
There is little doubt that the enormous weapons manufacturing advantage which the Allies possessed, particularly in North America, made victory over the Axis Powers possible during WWII. Key components to this success were the highly […]
Warbird Restorations
Massive Trove of Original NAA Aircraft Drawings Saved!
Massive Trove of Original NAA Aircraft Drawings Saved! by Richard Mallory Allnutt (Editor) AirCorps Aviation of Bemidji, Minnesota has just announced that they have acquired a massive trove of original manufacturing drawings for North American […]
Warbirds News
Fennec Rising – The First Production T-28S Fennec is Flying Again!
The North American T-28 Trojan is one of military aviation’s truly great aircraft, both in terms of its function as originally designed, training young military pilots to fly high performance aircraft, and for its versatility; […]
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Red Canoe, a Brand Born From Passion for Aviation
It is a well known that most aviation enthusiasts collect aviation-themed items of one sort or another. Who hasn’t gone to an air show or museum without coming away with a special memento or three? […]
Warbird Restorations
XP-82 Twin Mustang – December, 2014 – Restoration Update
As usual, WarbirdsNews has received the latest XP-82 Twin Mustang restoration update from Tom Reilly at his workshop in Douglas, Georgia. Here’s what they’ve been up to this month! Center Section All the gear door […]