Vintage Aviation News

Planes of Fame: Lightning Strikes Chino! May 4th and 5th

April 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Planes of Fame 2013 Air Show in Chino, California is taking place May 4-5 with a special preview day on May 3. This year’s show is entitled “Lightning Strikes Chino!” and will celebrate the […]

WWII Rescue Plane Located in Greenland Glacier

April 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Defense Department’s Joint POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Command has announced that another World War II aircraft, a Grumman J2F-4 Duck, has been found beneath the ice of Greenland. This particular airplane and its three crewmen […]

Collings Foundation B-17 Bomber Crew Training Camp

April 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Hot on the heels of announcing their Messerschmitt Me 262 Flight Training Program, The Collings Foundation has again leveraged their unique position of maintaining one of America’s largest collections of airworthy warbirds to offer yet […]

Search for buried treasure comes up empty-handed

April 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

After World War II, the RAF allegedly buried several Supermarine Spitfires in crates in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. As of January 19, archaeological efforts have proven fruitless. The research team spearheading the effort […]

Hawker Hurricane Makes Long Journey Home to Europe

April 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Platinum Fighter Sales, a Redondo Beach, CA brokerage firm specializing in warbirds, have negotiated the sale of the historic Mk IIa P3351 Hurricane. The purchase means a long trek for the Hurricane, from its current […]

Today In Aviation History: March 27,1936

March 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Fokker D.XXI took to the sky for the first time on March 27, 1936. It was a relatively inexpensive and highly maneuverable fighter; a low-wing monoplane with steel tube fuselage and wooden cantilevered wings. […]

Consolidated B 24 Liberator “Diamond Lil

CAF’s FIFI and Diamond Lil to Attend EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Examples of two of World War II’s most revered aircraft, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, “FIFI” and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, “Diamond Lil” have been scheduled to attend EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 as part of the […]

B-25 Snapshot #1- B-25’s At The 2012 Doolittle Reunion

March 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

e-publications republished with the permission of B-25 MITCHELL ASSOCIATION This is our first issue of a new e-publication, the B-25 SNAPSHOT. This will be one picture sent in from our members per issue with minimal […]

Uncrating and Field Assembly of the P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter – 1944

March 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Got 40 minutes to spare? Here’s a great YouTube find! An Army Air Corps video showing how to uncrate and assemble a P-47 Thunderbolt in the field, using little other than manpower and basic hand […]

March 21st In Aviation History

March 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

March 21st marks the 70th anniversary of the formation of 617 Sqn (Dambusters) at RAF Scampton. This picture was taken 5 years ago to commemorate the 65th anniversary with the BBMF Lancaster passing the towers […]

World War II