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Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Lands at Fantasy of Flight

June 30, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

Kermit Weeks and his team from Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, spent about a week in Texas earlier this month disassembling the 1937 Sikorsky S-43 that Howard Hughes commissioned for a record-breaking around […]

Aviation Museum News

Scottish National Museum of Flight is Planning an Upgrade to its Facilities

June 30, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

While still in the planning stages, the Scottish National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, Scotland is preparing an application for a facilities upgrade for funding through the United Kingdom’s Heritage Lottery fund. Housed at […]

Aviation Museum News

UK’s Historic Filton Aerodrome to Host A New Aviation Museum

June 29, 2013 WarbirdsNews 1

With an aviation history that stretches back over 100 years and only ended six months ago, The Filton Aeordrome, located just a couple of miles north of Bristol, UK, is planned to be the site […]

Aviation Museum News

Fort Worth Aviation Museum Taking on the Restoration of A-12 Avenger II

June 29, 2013 WarbirdsNews 3

It undoubtedly took some wangling, but the Veterans Memorial Air Park of Fort Worth has taken possession of the mockup of the McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II and intends to restore it for static display. […]

Aviation Museum News

Canadian North Atlantic Aviation Museum Struggles for Public’s Attention

June 28, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

After completing a $400,000 renovation of its facilities, the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander, Newfoundland still finds itself suffering from a lack of interest. A recent annual general meeting held by the museum’s board […]

Airshow News

Texas Flying Legends Museum’s Ambitious Flight Plan

June 28, 2013 WarbirdsNews 1

The Texas Flying Legends Museum (TFLM) of Houston, Texas should perhaps have the word “Flying” in their name in all capital letters. Their ambitious plans for the summer has significant portions of the museum’s collection […]

Jonathan Collection

Jonathan Collection Caproni Ca.3 Airworthy Replica Project Well Underway

June 27, 2013 WarbirdsNews 2

In a project that began in 2009, Giancarlo Zanardo’s Jonathan Collection has taken on its most ambitious project to date, the recreation of an airworthy Caproni Ca.3. Already boasting a collection of notable warbirds with […]

Articles

WWII’s B-17 “All American” Separating Fact and Fiction

June 27, 2013 WarbirdsNews 83

We got this email in our inbox the other day, purporting to tell the story of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, “All American.” The story, accompanied with some incredible pictures, told of the plane, mortally […]

Commemorative Air Force

Behind the Scenes, Air Show Performers are Prepped for Action by CAF Dixie Wing

June 26, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

In addition to adding some minor upgrades to the wing’s facility, the members of the Commemorative Air Force‘s Dixie Wing have been hard at work, working on their warbirds. In preparing their North American P-51D […]

Air Show Report

Air Show Report: 2013 Dayton Air Show

June 26, 2013 WarbirdsNews 1

Tom Pawlesh Reports: By now, everyone has heard the sad news of the loss of airshow performers Jane Wickers and Charlie Schwenker at the Vectren Dayton Air Show. Our condolences go out to their families […]

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PRESS RELEASE – The fallout from a recent court decision regarding compensated flight training in Limited Category aircraft threatens the ability to train and maintain proficiency in a broad spectrum of aircraft, according to letter […]

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Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update April 2021

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently made another visit to Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales to check out progress with the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603. We [...]
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