Vintage Aviation News

New Acquisition for The Warbirds Of Glory Museum

August 16, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 10

The mortal remains of a previously unknown North American B-25J Mitchell survivor have come to light in Nome, Alaska. The aircraft, 44-28898, was one of many such Mitchells provided to the Soviet Union as part […]

B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – June-July Update

July 22, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

WarbirdsNews is pleased to present the latest details surrounding the Warbirds Of Glory Museum’s ongoing restoration of the “Sandbar Mitchell” in Brighton, Michigan. It’s been just over a year since the recovery team lifted the center section, […]

B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – May, 2014 Update

June 7, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Progress has started on disassembling the right side of Sandbar Mitchell’s center section. The team has removed both the front and rear main tanks as well as the right engine nacelle along with the hydraulic […]

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Tom Reilly on Flying the B-25

May 12, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 11

By Amy Lauria, Wing Leader of the CAF Minnesota Wing. Tom Reilly has been in the warbird restoration business for over 40 years after a chance flight in a P-51 Mustang in Kissimmee in 1971. […]

B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – April, 2014 Update

May 4, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

As always WarbirdsNews will post updates from restoration projects as they arrive. We have a small report from the Sandbar Mitchell project for you today. These guys are continually marching forwards with their work on […]

B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – April Restoration Update

April 14, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Sandbar Mitchell project made major progress in March. They have completely stripped down the center section left side to just its front and rear spars. They have de-rivetted the webbing from the rear spar and cleaned […]

B-25 Sandbar Mitchell – February Update

March 13, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Sandbar Mitchell restoration team continues to make steady progress. In the past couple of weeks they have removed the upper left hand stringers from the center section as well as the stringers mated with […]

Sandbar Mitchell Project Update

February 6, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Warbirds News has been keeping very close tabs on progress with the Sandbar Mitchell project. As readers will know, Patrick Mihalek and Todd Trainor’s team have made remarkable progress in a very short space of […]

B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” Update

December 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Moose Peterson reports. It took flight February, 1945 and in June, 1969 it came to an end. The B-25J 44-30733 saw military life as a trainer and civilian life as a fire bomber. July of […]

B-25 Mitchell “Special Delivery ” to Perform Advocare Bowl Flyover

December 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 9

People attending the 2013 AdvoCare V100 Bowl Dec. 31 will enjoy a rare sight, B-25 Mitchell “Special Delivery”, will stage a flyover at the conclusion of the Star-Spangled banner and prior to kickoff.The flight will […]

North American B-25 Mitchell