Vintage Aviation News

Air Show Report: Warbirds Over the Beach 2013

May 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 7

The aerial display portion of Warbirds Over the Beach 2013 was severely hampered by bad weather. While we surely would have liked to be able to see the full program, having travelled a fair distance […]

Memphis Belle Celebrates Two Anniversaries this Weekend

May 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The National Museum of the United States Air Force reports one of history’s most famous aircraft will celebrate two anniversaries this weekend.

Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress Arrives at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor

May 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

One of the most talked about artifacts of American aviation history, the Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress #41-2446 “Swamp Ghost”, arrived at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor recently. The plane, force landed in 1942 in […]

Military Aviation Museum Turns Attention to Airacobras

May 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach, Virginia is getting into Bell P-39 Airacobras in a big way. The museum has two Bell Airacobras presently under restoration to display standards, a P-39Q and a P-400 […]

2013 Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show, Virginia Beach, VA May 18th and 19th

April 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Annual “Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show” is being held May 18 & 19 at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Museum’s aircraft from the 1940’s and earlier, which are all […]

Award Winner Acquires a P-40 Warhawk

April 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 41-5709 has been acquired by Walter Bowe, who won the Antique Grand Champion Award at AirVenture 2012 with his immaculate 1929 Laird Speedwing LC-R300. The Laird was recently sold on and Bowe […]

“Sandbar Mitchell” Soon to be Retrieved from Alaskan River

April 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Two intrepid Michigan men returned from Alaska earlier this month, on a scouting mission in preparation for a June expedition to retrieve the remains of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber that has been sitting […]

B-25 Snapshot #1- B-25’s At The 2012 Doolittle Reunion

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

e-publications republished with the permission of B-25 MITCHELL ASSOCIATION This is our first issue of a new e-publication, the B-25 SNAPSHOT. This will be one picture sent in from our members per issue with minimal […]

Wildwood Aviation Museum Hosts Restored B-17

March 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Following a nine-year restoration effort by the Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan, the Yankee Lady will pay a visit to New Jersey’s Cape May Naval Air Station from June 10-12. The B-17 has been […]

Uncrating and Field Assembly of the P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter – 1944

March 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Got 40 minutes to spare? Here’s a great YouTube find! An Army Air Corps video showing how to uncrate and assemble a P-47 Thunderbolt in the field, using little other than manpower and basic hand […]

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