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Another crowd favourite, the Grumman TBM-3E Avenger "Plonky", getting near the end of some major engineering work in time for Wanaka. [Photo via Warbirds Over Wanaka]

Just Over Two Weeks to Go Until Warbirds Over Wanaka 2024

March 12, 2024 Zac Yates 0

PRESS RELEASE Brendon Deere and his team at the Biggin Hill Historic Aircraft Centre at RNZAF Ohakea can’t wait for Warbirds Over Wanaka this Easter. They’ve been on a mission to have not one but […]

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Ultimate Warbird Flights Unveils “Jersey Jerk”

January 25, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

On a cold English morning, Ultimate Warbird Flights, the exclusive Spitfire and warbird flight operators located at Sywell Aerodrome in Northampton, unveiled the new paint scheme of the former Australia-based two-seat Mustang VH-MFT. P-51 Mustang […]

Kiwi Mustang Flies Again After 66 Years

November 17, 2023 Zac Yates 3

By Zac Yates Sixty-six years, five months, and twelve days after making the final flight of the type in Royal New Zealand Air Force service, P-51D NZ2423/ZK-BHT made her first post-restoration flight at RNZAF Base […]

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Reno Racer “Miss Van Nuys” Returns to The Air

September 2, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

By Adam Estes One of the most recognizable aircraft of the Reno Air Races, P-51D 44-74423 Miss Van Nuys (Race #64) has just recently undergone a four-year overhaul at Fighter Rebuilders in Chino, California. Flown […]

Aussie Mustang ‘Snifter’ to The UK

August 26, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 1

By Nigel Hitchman & James Kightly Queensland, Australia-based two-seat Mustang VH-MFT is heading to Archerfield airport this weekend (26-7 August 2023) to be dismantled for shipping to the UK, where it will be re-assembled and […]

P-51 Mustang Takes to The Skies at Sywell After Restoration

August 25, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 16

By Nigel Hitchman Today August 25, 2023, P-51 Mustang G-CLNV was flown at Sywell Aerodrome for the first time after an extensive restoration by Air Leasing. The pilot for the first flight was well-known warbird […]

Thunderbird Flies! Historic P-51 Air Racer Takes to the Skies

June 5, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Thunderbird Is GO! Following the historic air racer’s momentous first engine runs with AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota a week or so ago, it was only a matter of time before the Dakota Territory Air […]

Thunderbird: Resurrection of a Legendary Racing Mustang – Part V

March 10, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

Over the past several years, aviation historian Chuck Cravens has brought us regular updates regarding ongoing restoration projects at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. Many of the aircraft involved have been for the fabulous Dakota […]

Historic Aussie Mustang Flies Again!

January 28, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

by James Kightly – Vintage Aero Writer Appropriately on Australia Day, January 26th, 2023, an Australian-built and restored Mustang Mk.21 took to the skies again after a long term rebuild. The former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) […]

Wings of the North Air Museum’s P-51B Mustang Restoration – Update 4

January 27, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Wings of the North Air Museum’s P-51B Mustang Restoration – Update 4: Winter 2022 As most readers will be well aware, AirCorps Aviation has completed numerous world-class aircraft restorations over the past decade or so at […]

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