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Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – September/October 2022

October 23, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Vintage Aviation News has received the September/October, 2022 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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March Field Air Museum’s B-29 Superfortress

October 10, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 6

by Adam Estes The March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California has numerous restoration projects on the go presently, efforts which range from a multitude of Cessna O-2 Skymasters and Beech T-34 Mentors to an Antonov […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum – P-47D Restoration Update – August/September 2022

September 18, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Vintage Aviation News has received the August/September, 2022 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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NMUSAF Curtiss JN-4D Jenny Restoration

September 13, 2022 Adam Estes 0

by Adam Estes In the last four years, specialist technicians at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (NMUSAF) in Dayton, Ohio have refurbished several WWI-era aircraft, including an Avro 504K and Thomas-Morse S4C Scout. […]

CAF Highland Lakes Squadron – Douglas Dakota “Texas Zephyr” Arriving Home Soon!

August 30, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

Back in November 2019, we published a story about the Commemorative Air Force’s Highland Lakes Squadron having received an incredibly generous gift from one of their supporters, Karl Ritter of Brady, Texas. Ritter donated his Douglas Dakota Mk.IV […]

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 174

August 29, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

As most of our readers will know, 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. The group has made magnificent progress, […]

Volatus Infrastructure to Support Warbirds of Glory Museum

August 25, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

A few days ago, Volatus Infrastructure, LLC announced that it had chosen to support the Warbirds of Glory Museum; its first charitable cause. As most readers will know, this museum and its band of highly skillful, teenage […]

Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47 Update – July/August, 2022

August 24, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

We have just received the July/August, 2022 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 […]

RAF Museum Vickers Wellington – Conservation Update – August, 2022

August 22, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 4

As many readers will remember, Vickers Wellington T.Mk.X MF628 has been in the care of the Michael Beetham Conservation Center at RAF Museum Midlands (formerly RAF Museum Cosford) for several years now. A team of […]

FG-1D Corsair Project at Platinum Fighter Sales

August 18, 2022 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

As many readers may have noticed, Platinum Fighter Sales recently added a significant airframe to the already notable list of warbirds which they presently have on offer, this being Goodyear-built FG-1D Corsair BuNo.92106. This Oshkosh award-winning […]

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