Vintage Aviation News

RAF Museum Officially Receives Hercules C-130 in Handover Ceremony

September 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Last week, the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford, UK held an official handover ceremony for the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, XV202, in the presence of Air Marshal Baz North of the Royal Air Force, Air […]

North American SNJ-6 Texan Restored After Hitting Power Lines is Acquired By Lyon Air Museum

September 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

Lyon Air Museum of Santa Ana, California has announced that they have acquired an airworthy North American AT-6F/SNJ-6 Texan to be added to their growing collection of airworthy warbirds. Founded by Major General William Lyon, […]

Air to Air Photo Shoot of the CAF Dixie Wing Douglas SBD Dauntless

September 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Last week accomplished warbird and wildlife photographer, Moose Peterson of WarbirdImages.com sent us a great video taken during a recent air to air photo shoot. While Moose was at Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin last month, […]

RAF Vickers VC10 Aerial Refueling Tanker Arrives at Classic Air Force Museum

September 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

One of the final three flying Vickers VC10 jetliners left in the world landed last week at the Newquay Cornwall Airport in Newquay, UK where it will be joining the collection of aircraft in the […]

UK Shackleton Preservation Trust Restoring Growler to Flying Condition

June 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 7

Serving the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1951 to 1991 and the South African Air Force (SAAF) from 1957 to 1984, with a design lineage that stretches back to the Avro Lancaster bomber, the Shackleton […]

Lockheed Skunk Works Celebrates its 70th Anniversary

June 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

By Lockheed Martin‘s count, this year marks the 70th anniversary of its secretive yet famous Skunk Works division, though some credibly argue that its genesis began with the 1938 development of the XP-38 that led […]

Vulcan to the Sky Trust Works to Keep Last Flying Avro Vulcan Aloft

June 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

The world’s sole remaining airworthy Avro Vulcan, “The Spirit of Great Britain” XH558 was reported to be in its last season of performing at air shows this year due to extensive work that would be […]

Gloster Meteor Flys to New Home at Jet Age Museum

May 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

An example of Britain’s first operational jet fighter, a Gloster Meteor T.7 was flown, albeit attached to an RAF Chinook, from Imjin Barracks, Innsworth where it had served as a gate guardian from 1994 to […]

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Planes of Fame Air Show Lightning Strikes Chino Aptly Named

May 9, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s 2013 Air Show in Chino, California, entitled “Lightning Strikes Chino” happened this past weekend and had five flying Lockheed P-38 Lightnings in the air and flying formation, in what […]

North American P-64 Runs for First Time in Decades

April 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The EAA AirVenture Museum’s vanishingly rare North American P-64 fighter was started up for the first time in more than 20 years recently and fittingly, it was EAA Founder Paul Poberezny, who acquired the plane […]

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