Vintage Aviation News

Italian Reggiane RE.2000 Update

December 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Few weeks ago we reported the successful rescue of an Italian Re.2000 which had sunk in the waters of Portovenere (La Spezia) in 1943 . The operation was carried out for free by the company […]

B-25 “Sandbar Mitchell” Update

December 23, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Moose Peterson reports. It took flight February, 1945 and in June, 1969 it came to an end. The B-25J 44-30733 saw military life as a trainer and civilian life as a fire bomber. July of […]

Video Of The Reggiane Re.2000 “Falco” Recovery

December 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

After just three days of planning in the afternoon of Wednesday, December 4, 2013 , the Company Micoperi proceeded to recover the wreckage of the fighter of the Regia Aeronautica Reggiane Re.2000 sank off Porto […]

Reggiane Re.2000 “Falco” Recovered From Italian Waters

December 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 6

The “Falco” ( Italian for hawk) has come to light: yesterday the mission to recover the fighter Re.2000 was successfully completed. The Reggiane’s fighter had sunk in the waters of Portovenere (La Spezia) in 1943. […]

Handley Page O400 of 207 Squadron in flight copy

WW1 Bomber Wings Found in Garage

November 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

PRESS RELEASE-The unique remains of a First World War Handley Page O/400 bomber aircraft have been saved by a team from the RAF Museum.Members of the Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the RAF Museum Cosford, […]

Campaign To Salvage The P-38 Lightning “Maid Of Harlech,”

November 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 13

The nephew of a pilot who crashed his Second World War fighter plane near Harlech is campaigning for the wreckage to be salvaged and placed in a museum. The rare United States Army Air Force […]

Sahara’s P-40 Kittyhawk Update

November 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

In 2012 a RAF fighter plane thought lost in the sands of time after its pilot crash landed in the desert during World War Two has been discovered in what has been described as the […]

Vulcan XH558’s Pledge Target Achieved

November 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

This has been both a nail-biting and and exciting week for the Vulcan XH558’s team as they watched the funding gauges accelerate towards the targets that will allow XH558 to be prepared for flight once […]

The Niagara Aerospace Museum and its Bell P-39Q Recovery and Preservation

October 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

This amazing Bell P-39Q was located at the bottom of Lake Mart-Yavr within the Russian Arctic Circle in the summer of 2004. As with other recoveries over the years, it was discovered by a fisherman […]

WWII Manufacturing Sites Today

October 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The recent articles about the “Save The Bomber Plant” campaign made us think about the several other plants still existing in the United States. In the wake of Pearl Harbor, the president set staggering goals […]

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