Vintage Aviation News

The Long and Winding Road of the City of Calgary’s Mosquito Finally Leads to a Restoration

September 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

If we had to name one warbird that has grabbed headlines this year, it has to be the de Havilland Mosquito. From the historic airworthy resurrection of a Mossie, orchestrated by Jerry Yagen and the […]

Two Taiwanese Northrop F-5 Jets, Swapped for an A-26 Invader, Arrive in Oregon

September 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Two decommissioned Taiwan Air Force warplanes, a Northrup F-5E and an F-5F, sent to the US for display, were recently revealed to the public at the Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum in Hillsboro, Oregon. The pair […]

RAAF-Restored F-111C Going to Hawaiian Museum in an Amazing Gesture of Goodwill

August 30, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

In surprising news, the Royal Australian Air Force, which recently had restored six of their venerable General Dynamics F-111Cs and distributed them on loan to museums around their country, is sending a seventh restored plane, […]

RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway

August 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

It’s just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last surviving Dornier Do 17 was raised from the Godwin Sands off the coast of England. The remains of the plane […]

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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 […]

Friends of the SAAF Museum Restoring a Blackburn Buccaneer

August 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

The Friends of the SAAF Museum located at AFB Ysterplaat in Cape Town, South Africa are in the process of restoring a Blackburn Buccaneer. One of sixteen S.50 Buccaneer variants flown by the South African […]

US National Museum of the Marine Corps Unveils Ambitious Expansion Plan

July 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

In furtherance of it’s long-term expansion plans, the National Museum of the Marine Corps of Triangle, Virginia, has unveiled the ambitious plans for it’s latest expansion. We recently reported on the restoration of one of […]

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Fort Worth Aviation Museum Taking on the Restoration of A-12 Avenger II

June 29, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

It undoubtedly took some wangling, but the Veterans Memorial Air Park of Fort Worth has taken possession of the mockup of the McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II and intends to restore it for static display. […]

Bowling Green Aviation Heritage Park is on the Grow

June 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Last week, The Aviation Heritage Park of Bowling Green, Kentucky unveiled the latest warbird that they have painstakingly restored for static display at their open air venue, a General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. Opened to the […]

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Dornier Do 17 Retrieved From Goodwin Sands Arrives at RAF Museum Cosford

June 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

The Donier Do 17 that the RAF Museum recently retrieved from under 50 feet of salt water where it had lain for over 70 years, arrived at the museum’s Cosford facility today. Museum staff as […]

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