Vintage Aviation News

Work Begins to Retrieve Dornier Do 17 from the Waters off English Coast

May 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

Work began last week to raise what is believed to be the last surviving example of the Donier Do 17, located on its back in a sand formation 50 feet below the surface, six miles […]

Tora! Tora! Tora! Aerial Re-enactment Scheduled for EAA AirVenture 2013

May 5, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

EAA AirVenture 2013 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will commemorate the heroism and history involved in the attack that brought the United States fully into World War II when the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) “Tora! Tora! Tora!” […]

Yankee Air Museum Tries to Raise $6 Million to Purchase Former B-24 Bomber Factory

May 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Yankee Air Museum of Belleville, Michigan has just announced a $6 million campaign to purchase and undertake the necessary renovation costs to move the museum into a portion of the former General Motors Willow […]

Warbird Heritage Foundation Begins Restoration of Goodyear FG-1D Corsair

May 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Warbird Heritage Foundation of Waukegan, Illinois has recently acquired a Goodyear FG-1D Corsair 92050, N194G. The plane which was surplussed from military service in 1963 was extensively modified to run in the Reno Air […]

Military Aviation Museum Turns Attention to Airacobras

May 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach, Virginia is getting into Bell P-39 Airacobras in a big way. The museum has two Bell Airacobras presently under restoration to display standards, a P-39Q and a P-400 […]

Jack Roush’s P-51B “Old Crow” Now Sports Bombs

May 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Automotive mogul, legendary NASCAR team owner, and noted aviation enthusiast Jack Roush has recently had a pair of dummy bombs installed on his North American P-51B Mustang “Old Crow” NL551E. The plane is painted in […]

Aviation Museum Celebrates 70 years of Finnish Messerschmitts

April 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Running until the the end of September 2013, the Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa, Finland is staging an exhibition celebrating 70 years of Messerschmitts in Finland. While during World War II, the Finns allied with […]

Avro Lancaster “Just Jane” Continues Progress Toward Flight

April 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirby, UK has recently had the number 2 fuel tank out for overhaul and to allow inspection of the inner wing condition on their Avro Lancaster, registration number NX611.

2013 Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show, Virginia Beach, VA May 18th and 19th

April 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Annual “Warbirds Over the Beach Air Show” is being held May 18 & 19 at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Museum’s aircraft from the 1940’s and earlier, which are all […]

CAF Airpower History Tour at Dekalb-Peachtree Airport- Atlanta 5/20-22

April 25, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Commemorative Air Force’s Airpower History Tour will be arriving at Atlanta’s Dekalb-Peachtree Airport on May 20, 2013 and will be open to the public through the 22nd. On hand will be “FIFI” the only […]

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