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Veteran Naval Aircraft Head to Falklands For New Exhibition on 1982 Conflict

May 4, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE via Royal Navy A retired Sea Harrier jump jet and Lynx helicopter are being transferred to the South Atlantic as islanders create an exhibition dedicated to the men and women who liberated the […]

Phantom Phantastic! – A Royal Navy Phantom II is Reborn

August 6, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The McDonnell-Douglas Phantom II has a long and proud heritage in air arms around the world. While her role in Britain’s Royal Air Force is well known, perhaps less so is that a small number […]

Fairey Swordfish to Lead VJ-Day Flypast Over London

August 13, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 5

PRESS RELEASE – The historic Fairey Swordfish, an aircraft that sits at the heart of Britain’s naval aviation heritage, will lead the flypast over London on August 15th, 2015 to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Victory over Japan […]

Ex-Royal Navy Harrier T.8 Trainer to Fly in USA

November 9, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

It’s been seven years since former US Marine Corps aviator Art Nalls took center stage on the US air show circuit in his very own Sea Harrier FA2 fighter jet. He was the first and is so far […]

Today in Aviation History – First British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 Delivered to the Royal Navy

April 1, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

By Aviation Enthusiasts LLC Twenty-one years ago today (April,2 1993), the British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 was delivered to the Royal Navy. The Sea Harrier FA2 (informally known as the “SHAR”) was a single-seat, Vertical/Short-Takeoff […]

Worlds Only Privately Owned Harrier to Perform at EAA AirVenture 2013

May 31, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The world’s only privately-owned flying BAE Sea Harrier F/A2 has recently been confirmed to appear at AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. Last appearing at Oshkosh in 2010, the jump jet has seen increased demand for air show […]

Race-Winning Harrier Acquired by Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

April 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hawker Siddeley Harrier XV744, the plane that won the London to New York contest of the Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race, setting a world-record transit time in the process, has been acquired by the Tangmere […]

Today in Aviation History, March 25, 1944

March 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Lieutenant Commander Eric M. Brown executes the first landing of a twin-engined plane on an aircraft carrier, successfully landing the “navalized” de Havilland Mosquito VI on the HMS Indefatigable.

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Veteran Naval Aircraft Head to Falklands For New Exhibition on 1982 Conflict

Phantom Phantastic! – A Royal Navy Phantom II is Reborn

Fairey Swordfish to Lead VJ-Day Flypast Over London

Ex-Royal Navy Harrier T.8 Trainer to Fly in USA

Today in Aviation History – First British Aerospace Sea Harrier FA2 Delivered to the Royal Navy

Worlds Only Privately Owned Harrier to Perform at EAA AirVenture 2013

Race-Winning Harrier Acquired by Tangmere Military Aviation Museum

Today in Aviation History, March 25, 1944

The CAF Razorback Wing Takes on Vultee BT-13 Restoration Project

How America’s Youth is Rebuilding a WWII B-25 Bomber

The National Naval Aviation Museum Birdcage Corsair Goes on Display

A Chat with Vulture’s Row Aviation Owner Chuck Wahl