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Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update April 2021

April 20, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently made another visit to Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales to check out progress with the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603. We […]

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Fagen Fighters’ Hellcat Arrives at Her New Home

April 13, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

While we reported the exciting news this January concerning the first post-restoration flight of Grumman F6F-5 BuNo.78645 at Fighter Rebuilder’s facility in Chino, California, we now have news that Steve Hinton has flown the aircraft […]

CAF Lake Superior Squadron PBY Catalina – Restoration Update

April 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

In further PBY news, following on from our November 2020 restoration progress report concerning the Commemorative Air Force Lake Superior Squadron’s Consolidated PBY-6A Bu.64097, we bring more news on what has happened in the interim… The […]

CAF Rocky Mountain Wing – TBM Avenger Update

April 6, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in February, we reported on progress which the Commemorative Air Force’s Rocky Mountain Wing has made with the effort to return their TBM-3E Avenger (Bu.53503) back to airworthy condition following her engine problems last […]

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Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 139

April 1, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As many of our readers will be well aware, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 Just Jane is under restoration to airworthy condition with the Lincoln Aviation Heritage Center at former RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, England. […]

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Military Aviation Museum SBD-5 Dauntless – Restoration Update

March 29, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back on March 1st, we reported on the Military Aviation Museum’s acquisition of Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Bu.36175 in a deal with the National Naval Aviation Museum. The airframe, although incomplete, was in excellent condition despite […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – February, 2021

March 22, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Warbird Digest has just received the February, 2021 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]

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Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update April 2021

Fagen Fighters’ Hellcat Arrives at Her New Home

CAF Lake Superior Squadron PBY Catalina – Restoration Update

CAF Rocky Mountain Wing – TBM Avenger Update

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 139

Military Aviation Museum SBD-5 Dauntless – Restoration Update

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – February, 2021

B-17E “Desert Rat” – March 2021 Restoration Update

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 135

Military Aviation Museum Acquires an SBD-5 Dauntless

A Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio Takes Shape in Norway

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group Achieves Major Milestone

AirCorps Aviation’s Piper L-4H Restoration Report – Fall 2024 Update

Mid America Flight Museum Releases Update on B-17G ‘Thunderbird’