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Daks Over Normandy – Event Report

June 10, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Geoff Jones. Organized by the Round Canopy Parachuting Team (RCPT), the plan to bring a large number of Douglas Dakota transport aircraft to Normandy on June 6th, 2014 for the 70th anniversary of the […]

Hundreds of Paratroops Re-Create 1944 D-DAY Airborne Assault

June 8, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

World leaders, including have flocked to France to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in WWII.More than 600 American and allied paratroops jumped onto a field outside this tiny farming town in rural […]

D-Day Daks Fly Over France for 70th Anniversary

June 6, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

A small fleet of C-47s gathered in Britain and France over the past few weeks to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Landings today on June 6th, 2014. The aircraft flew in from […]

70 years on – D-Day is Remembered

June 5, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

June 6th, 2014 will mark 70 years since the invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord, which began the final stages of the Second World War in Europe. In the space of three crucial months in 1944, Britain and its Allies […]

Historic Flight Foundation’s ‘Diamond Four’ Formation To Commemorate D-Day Anniversary.

May 27, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Paine field based Historic Flight Foundation has organized a very rare “Diamond Four” formation of P-51 Mustangs to visit thirty cities and towns in Western Washington on June 6th, the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Lead […]

Memorial Day

May 26, 2014 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Today is a national holiday here in the United States, Memorial Day in fact. Today is the day we celebrate the lives lost in our name on the battlefield, and the countless casualties which followed […]

Fund-Raiser Event for Warbird Weekend in Grangeville, Idaho

May 25, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

Warbird Weekend is a two-day festival held at Idaho County Airport in Grangeville, Idaho over the weekend of July 12th and 13th. It will feature historic aircraft displays and flights, aviation-related events and presentations for every age. […]

WWII Heritage Days – Honoring the Women of the Greatest Generation

April 21, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE -The sights and sounds of The Greatest Generation will come alive when the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing hosts the eleventh annual “WWII Heritage Days” April 26-27, 2014. The history festival will […]

Spirit of 45 Planes of Fame group photo1

Spirit of ’45 Day Express to Helping to Rally Support for Preserving Willow Run

April 10, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE -The Spirit of ’45 Day Express will be visiting the Yankee Air Museum in Bellevue, MI on Wednesday, April 15 to help rally public support for the “Save The Willow Run Bomber Plant […]

Event Exit exit.. Paratroopers exit a Douglas DC 3 C 47 Dakota Skytrain for a commorative jump over the D day invasion landing zones in Normandy France

Jumps Schedule For the Dakotas Over Normandy Is Set

March 22, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Jumps schedule for the much anticipated “Daks over Normandy” event is slowly materializing. For the first time since 1944 the skies over Normandy will be filled with Dakotas to drop paratroopers. Throughout Europe about […]

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