By Chris Frear To the British aviation community, the English Electric Lightning is almost as iconic as the more widely known WWII era Supermarine Spitfire. But by the late 1980s, the Lightning a 50’s era […]
PRESS RELEASE BELLEVILLE, MICH. (August 14, 2023) – Experience a ride that thousands of Allied troops took during World War II on a C-47 airplane on August 19-20 at the Wurtsmith Air Museum located at […]
The B-29 Doc History Restored Tour will land in Knoxville, TN, for a three-day event, August 25-27, 2023. B-29 Doc is one of only two B-29 Superfortress aircraft still airworthy and flying today and will be available […]
By Adam Estes As some readers may be aware, the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio has begun the process of transferring one of the […]
By James Kightly A pre-eminent European warbird collection, Hangar 10 in Germany, is entering new ownership after the tragic loss of founder Volker Schülke, in an aviation accident. While the collection has been understandably quiet […]
By Scott Thompson of Aero Vintage The restoration of B-17G 44-85813, otherwise known as Champaign Lady, continues to make solid progress at Urbana, Ohio. The decades-long effort by the Champaign Air Museum is now concentrated […]
As many readers will be well aware, there are a number of Boeing B-17s under restoration to fly right now. Perhaps the boldest of these projects is Mike Kellner’s effort in Marengo, Illinois. He and […]
by Nick Chismar It has been a few years since we last reported on restoration progress with the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum‘s Northrop P-61B Black Widow (42-39445). As most of you will remember, a team from […]
by Luc Zipkin Without a doubt, World War II fighters and bombers are fantastic machines. As they once were critical to the war effort, they are now critical to preserving the memory of the brave […]
Amongst the many significant aircraft on their books, our sponsors at Platinum Fighter Sales regularly feature combat-veteran warbirds on offer. One of the more fascinating projects within their inventory at present is P-40N 42-105744 which […]
by Adam Estes The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, has just announced that will display F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 97388 through a loan agreement with owners Bureau Number 97388 was taken on strength […]
by Adam Estes In July of 2023, the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in Hawaii announced that they had reached an agreement with the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida to ship PBY-5A Catalina Bureau […]
PRESS RELEASE BELLEVILLE, MICH. (August 15, 2023) – Adventure awaits Kalamazoo-area residents desiring a visceral experience on a historic aircraft this Saturday, August 19th at the Air Zoo located on 6151 Portage Road in Portage, […]
By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor Enabling the next generation of restorers in vintage aviation is a perennial challenge. The preeminent Shuttleworth Collection, of Old Warden Aerodrome, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, UK, has partnered with local organization The […]
Marking National Aviation Day on August 19, the National WWI Museum and Memorial and StoneLion Puppet Theater will host the annual Kansas City’s Great Balloon and Puppet Glow 2023. The free event will feature a […]
On August 1, the Owls Head Transportation Museum‘s 1923 Fokker C.IVa took to the skies above Owls Head with the help of aircraft volunteers, pilot Brad Carter, and aircraft conservator Dave Carter. This special moment […]
by Nigel Hitchman Ala Doble, California 14-16 Oct. Flying Days & Invitation Fly-In Walt Bowe and Carlene Mendieta opened up their collection last October and hosted an invitational fly-in in conjunction with Marginal Aviation who […]
In recent weeks, we featured a pair of articles detailing developments at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in upstate New York. The organization is dedicated to displaying flying machines from the earliest days of powered flight. […]
PRESS RELEASE Dallas (May 15, 2023) – Her name is “Lulu Belle.” She began life as an Army L-4B and was assigned to Camp Butner in North Carolina helping to train artillery spotters for the […]
By Mark W. Stewart, EAA# 412692 – VAA# 22984 – From an article originally published on www.eaavintage.org The Vintage Aircraft Association is proud to host a 90th Anniversary celebration of the Continental A-40 engine at […]
In January 2017, when Mark and the late-Joe Denest and their team at the Smoketown, Pennsylvania-based MD Aero Restorations completed the restoration of Fagen Fighters’ 1943 SNJ-4 in January 2017, Stephen Chapis was there to […]
Today marks the 54th anniversary of Darryl Greenamyer capturing the 3Km World Speed Record. In 2012 Stephen Chapis interviewed Darryl and wrote an excellent article about it. Here is an abbreviated version adapted for the […]
by Richard Mallory Allnutt It is doubtful that anyone with even the vaguest interest in vintage military aircraft could fail to have seen or been moved by the work of the legendary aerial photographer Philip […]
As announced in this article, author Bruce Gamble launched his own YouTube Channel called Skywarrior Media. Skywarrior Media is Bruce Gamble’s digital studio, combining his historical expertise with a huge array of photographs and archival […]
By Angela Decker Deep in the heart of Texas lies a historical gem that tells the story of two countries, two continents, and two pasts, with its original and historic livery and configuration. This AT-6D, […]
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