Vintage Aviation News

Reno Air Races: Day One

September 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 5

Moose Peterson reports: Yesterday The Reno National Championship Air Races kicked off its golden anniversary event. In fact Wednesday marked the first day of the 50th Reno Air Races setting the stage for an exciting […]

Spitfire and Lancaster Flypasts announced for Royal Air Force Museum’s Battle of Britain Weekend

September 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK will be commemorating the Battle of Britain, considered the most important event in Royal Air Force history, with a weekend of events and activities the weekend of […]

Spitfire Fly-Over Honors Tony Gaze, Australian WWII Ace

August 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Temora Aviation Museum‘s Spitfire Mk VIII flew over a memorial service held in the Geelong Grammar School chapel in Geelong, Victoria yesterday, honoring the highly-decorated WWII fighter ace and later Gran Prix race car driver, […]

Air Show Report: 2013 Geneseo Air Show

July 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Tom Pawlesh Reports: “The Greatest Show on Turf” presented by the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group of the National Warplane Museum is just that, the greatest. One of my favorite shows of the season, the Geneseo […]

Aces High: A Heavy Metal Tribute to WWII Fighters

July 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Few bands in the history of heavy metal are as patriotic and focused on war as British icons Iron Maiden, and as far as we know there are no other bands whose frontman holds an […]

Air vs. Land: The Long History of Races Between Aircraft and Sports Vehicles

July 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

This article was inspired by a recent stunt organized by FortyOneSix.com ahead of this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, where a Range Rover Sport on the occasion of its unveiling went head-to-head against a Spitfire […]

Spitfire Hunter to Continue Search for Buried Planes on Two Fronts

July 10, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

After coming up empty last year, Spitfire hunter David Cundall claims that he is now 90% certain he has located the buried Spitfires for which he has been searching, and now partnered with new investors […]

Dalmazio Corradini: Axis Aviator to American Dreamer

June 22, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 7

1st Lieutenant Dalmazio (Dal) Corradini (February 2, 1919- March 10, 2009) flew for the Italian Air Force’s Aerosilurante (Torpedo Bomber Arm), which was among the most successful units of the Second World War, crippling shipping […]

Imperial War Museum Spring Air Show 2013

June 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Record crowds attended the the Imperial War Museums’ 2013 Spring Air Show at RAF Duxford in the UK last week. Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of American forces during the Second World War.

VWoC Restoration of Former SAAF Spitfire Moving Along

May 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Gatineau, Quebec-based Vintage Wings of Canada, in addition to the restoration of their Hawker Hurricane on which we recently reported, is also well along on their restoration of Supermarine Spitfire IX TE294 which most recently […]

Supermarine Spitfire