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Restoring a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak at the Yankee Air Museum

January 3, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

The Yankee Air Museum’s Republic F-84F Thunderstreak Restoration by Barry Levine The Yankee Air Museum has recently completed the restoration of their Republic F-84F-35-GK Thunderstreak. The 2nd generation jet fighter was built under license at General […]

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Australia’s Oldest Neptune Moves to HARS Parkes Aviation Museum

January 2, 2019 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

Our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online recently visited the Parkes Aviation Museum in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. The museum, which is closely affiliated with the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (better known as […]

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Tom Reilly and the XP-82 Twin Mustang

December 21, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

TOM REILLY AND THE XP-82 TWIN MUSTANG By: Alan Armstrong The Genius – Tom Reilly A genius is a person who displays exceptional intellectual ability or creative productivity. Tom Reilly has amply demonstrated these characteristics […]

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Connecticut Air & Space Center FG-1D Corsair Restoration Update

December 18, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

It’s been a while since we reported on progress with Goodyear-built FG-1D Corsair Bu.92460, which has been under restoration for the past decade with the Connecticut Air & Space Center (CASC) in Stratford, Connecticut. The team […]

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‘Night-Fright’ D-Day Veteran C-47 – Restoration Update

December 17, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As we move towards the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion next year, there are a number of groups around the world preparing to take part in the Daks Over Normandy commemorative ceremonies which will […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – November, 2018

December 7, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

WarbirdsNews has just received the November, 2018 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 see […]