Vintage Aviation News

Help the Estrella Warbirds Museum Preserve a NASA F-104G Starfighter

November 27, 2017 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Roughly a dozen Lockheed F-104 Starfighters have served with NASA, and the Estrella Warbirds Museum in Paso Robles, California is lucky enough to have one of them on loan for display. Their Starfighter is TF-104G 61-3064. […]

F-104 for the Palm Springs Air Museum Open Cockpit

August 13, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 2

This Saturday, from 1 – 3 PM, aviation enthusiasts will have the opportunity to sit behind the controls of an F-104 Starfighter at the The Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California. This Starfighter is a recent […]

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Happy Birthday to the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

March 4, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 20

Exactly sixty years ago today, the very first Lockheed Starfighter took to the skies over Edwards Air Force Base with legendary test pilot, Tony LeVier at the controls. Technically, it was not the first flight […]

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Alberta Aviation Museum Unveils Their Canadair CF-104 Starfighter Restoration

August 20, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Fittingly for the fastest plane ever fielded by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Alberta Aviation Museum of Edmonton completed the restoration of their Canadair CF-104 Starfighter in what seems like record time, with the […]

Lockheed Skunk Works Celebrates its 70th Anniversary

June 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Lockheed Martin‘s count, this year marks the 70th anniversary of its secretive yet famous Skunk Works division, though some credibly argue that its genesis began with the 1938 development of the XP-38 that led […]

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Alberta Aviation Museum CF104 Starfighter Restoration Progressing

June 8, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In an update on the Alberta Aviation Museum‘s recently acquired Canadair CF-104 Starfighter that we’ve been following, the plane has been undergoing restoration and the fuselage has been pulled on its own wheels with a […]

Starfighter Lands At Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor

May 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Lockheed F-104A Starfighter, Serial No. 56-817, arrived at Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii last Thursday, joining the Museum’s impressive and ever-expanding collection of warbird aircraft. The Starfighter, which is on long-term loan from […]

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Help the Estrella Warbirds Museum Preserve a NASA F-104G Starfighter

F-104 for the Palm Springs Air Museum Open Cockpit

Happy Birthday to the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

Alberta Aviation Museum Unveils Their Canadair CF-104 Starfighter Restoration

Lockheed Skunk Works Celebrates its 70th Anniversary

Alberta Aviation Museum CF104 Starfighter Restoration Progressing

Starfighter Lands At Pacific Aviation Museum in Pearl Harbor

Yanks Air Museum Takes Delivery of F-104 Starfighter

Warhawk Air Museum Takes Delivery of F-104 Starfighter

F104 Starfighter on the Ground in Alberta

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