Airshow News
P-51 Mustang Heads to France
North American P-51D Mustang 44-73656, registration N2151D is, as of writing, being crated-up in Illinois for shipment to France for her new owner, noted air show aviator, Frédéric Akary.
North American P-51 Mustang
Airshow News
CAF Airpower History Tour at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport- Atlanta 5/20-22
The Commemorative Air Force’s Airpower History Tour will be arriving at Atlanta’s Dekalb-Peachtree Airport on May 20, 2013 and will be open to the public through the 22nd. On hand will be “FIFI” the only […]
Aviation Museum News
Flying Heritage Collection Opens Major Expansion of their Museum Today
Today, April 12th the Flying Heritage Collection of Everett, Washington is opening a brand new 25,000 square foot addition to their already impressive 35,000 square foot facility. The brainchild of Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, […]
Warbirds News
Mandatory Service Bulletin Issued for all North American P-51 Mustangs
A serious safety issue has been uncovered for North American P-51 Mustangs and there has been a Mandatory Service Bulletin issued by Cal Pacific Airmotive, Inc. in cooperation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). […]
General Chuck Yeager’s First Kill
It was March 4, 1944 during the first daylight raid escorting bombers over Berlin that Chuck Yeager, flying his P-51 ‘Glamorous Glenn’ shot down his first enemy aircraft. Chuck Yeager shot down a Messerschmidt Me […]
Aviation Museum News
CAF Red Tail Squadrons Rise Above Exhibit Coming to Carolinas Aviation Museum
The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport will be hosting the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron’s Traveling Exhibit entitled “Rise Above”, honoring the legendary “Tuskegee Airmen.” The Traveling Exhibit, which features […]
Aviation Museum News
Restoration of Thompson Trophy-Winning P-51D Mustang
The New England Air Museum’s (NEAM) North American P-51D Mustang, N13Y, has been moved out of storage and into their 11,000 square foot restoration hangar, where crew chief Pete McConnell and his team are now […]
Warbird Restorations
Uruguayan P-51 Mustang Soon to Fly
A former Uruguayan Air Force North American P-51 Mustang is reaching the end of an extensive restoration that will return it to flying condition performed by the award winning P-51 specialist firm, Midwest Aero of […]
Aviation Museum News
Historic Plane Shuffle Accompanies Renovation of the Imperial War Museum-London
An exodus of exhibits from the Imperial War Museum’s (IWM) London Branch is making way for the construction of the First World War Centenary exhibits which are a part of the museum’s substantial renovation of […]
Airshow News
P- 51 Mustang to Fly At The 2013 Lake of the Ozarks Air Show
Folks around Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri will be thrilled to see the legendary North American P 51 Mustang fly over their homes for the occasion of the 2013 Lake of the Ozarks Air Show Sept. […]