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The “Always” Movie Catalina Arrives at the Yanks Air Museum

October 10, 2024 Adam Estes 0

Last November, we here at Vintage Aviation News reported on the acquisition by the Yanks Air Museum of Chino, CA, of the Consolidated PBY Catalina fire tanker used in the movie Always (article here), which […]

B-29 Doc History Restored Tour Returns to Yanks Air Museum in October

September 23, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

The iconic B-29 Superfortress “Doc” will return to Chino, California, as part of the B-29 Doc History Restored Tour, from October 9-13 at Yanks Air Museum. […]

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Yanks Air Museum’s Grumman F6F Hellcat Restoration

June 10, 2024 Adam Estes 5

By Adam Estes The Grumman F6F Hellcat was one of the most effective carrier-based fighters of World War II, with an incredible 19:1 kill ratio and was the mount of the U.S. Navy’s highest scoring […]

Yanks Norseman Nears Completion

June 3, 2024 Adam Estes 0

By Adam Estes While the Yanks Air Museum (YAM) of Chino, California is known primarily for maintaining an impressive collection of airworthy aircraft from American manufacturers, ranging from the early days of American aviation to […]

Yanks P 63 Kingcobra Flies Again ROTATED

Yanks Air Museum’s P-63 Kingcobra Flies After 40 Years

December 5, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 2

by Adam Estes In recent years, the Yanks Air Museum of Chino, California, has endeavored to return certain aircraft from their extraordinary collection back to the air, with first their Stinson L-5 Sentinel and then […]

Catalina From Movie “Always” Finds New Home at Yanks Air Museum

November 25, 2023 Adam Estes 0

By Adam Estes It’s a scene that stands out as one of the classic scenes in aviation movie history, where two fishermen are having a slow day in their boat on a lake when a […]

Yanks Air Event Day: Eye in the Sky

June 7, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

General Charles “Chuck” Yeager famously credited his success as a combat pilot to his superb eyesight. What about an adversary who is beyond visual range? The answer was Airborne Early Warning and Control systems (AEW&C). […]

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Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Acquires a Hellcat

March 30, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 3

The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota has just added an important new airframe to their collection with the acquisition of Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat Bu.78645. This move came as quite a surprise, as […]

Curtissaurus Rex – The Birth Of A Legend

January 10, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 2

We at WarbirdsNews feel it is important to preserve vintage military aircraft and the stories of those who built, flew and maintained them for the future. We are certain that our readers feel the same. […]

Curtiss Jenny Open Cockpit Event at Yanks Air Museum

March 13, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 1

The Yanks Air Museum is holding an open-cockpit event with their rare Curtiss 1C Jenny this Saturday between 10:00am until 3:00 pm. Sitting in the cockpit, the visitor will undoubtedly understand how frail and vulnerable […]

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