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English Electric Canberra WD954 – Nose Section Restoration Update

February 29, 2016 Editor 0

The South Australian Aviation Museum near Adelaide may be little known outside of Australia, but they have an important collection of nearly two dozen aircraft, some of which are exceedingly rare. They currently have three […]

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Boeing 727 Prototype Ready to Fly

February 27, 2016 WarbirdsNews 0

PRESS RELEASE – The Museum of Flight’s recently-restored Boeing 727 prototype will make its first flight in 25 years on March 2 – weather permitting – at about 10:30 a.m.; the flight will also be […]

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Pappy Boyington – The Leader Beneath the Myth

February 24, 2016 Editor 8

Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, the legendary leader of VMF-214, Blacksheep Squadron, is one of those characters in military lore whose deeds and abilities have largely been swallowed up by the myth that has grown up around the […]

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Open Cockpit Day at New England Air Musuem

February 23, 2016 WarbirdsNews 0

The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut is set to hold one of its famous Open Cockpit Days on Saturday, March 12th. The museum is one of the rare examples which regularly allows the […]

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EAA AirVenture to commemorate 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor

February 22, 2016 WarbirdsNews 2

PRESS RELEASE – The 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor’s “Day of Infamy” will be commemorated at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, with flying activities and other highlights recalling the events and heroism of that fateful day, […]

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New CAF Living History Program Launches Monthly Seminars

February 22, 2016 WarbirdsNews 0

PRESS RELEASE – Military aviation history will come to life through a new monthly series presented by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing at the Wing’s headquarters. The public is invited to join the […]

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Italian Pilot Honors Viet Nam Veteran

February 21, 2016 WarbirdsNews 2

Article by Luigino Caliaro, photos by Luca Marin On February 4th, following a thorough rebuild by owner Andrea Rossetto, a former Italian Army Cessna O-1E Bird Dog took off on her first post-restoration flight into the crisp […]

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B-17G “The Movie Memphis Belle” Returns Home to Geneseo

February 19, 2016 Editor 8

The National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York has achieved a major coups in gaining the lease of the late David Tallichet’s Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress serial 44-83546. Known universally now as “The Movie” Memphis […]

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MacDill AFB Hosts a Tuskegee Airman

February 19, 2016 WarbirdsNews 1

By SrA Vernon Fowler, Between 1941 and 1946, there were roughly 1,000 African-American pilots trained at the segregated Tuskegee Army Airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama. Of that number remains just a fraction of Tuskegee Airmen still […]

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CAF’s B-29 “FIFI” will visit Sarasota March 2-6

February 17, 2016 WarbirdsNews 3

PRESS RELEASE – Residents of Sarasota and the surrounding community will have an opportunity to get their hands on history March 2 through 6 when the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) flies into Sarasota-Bradenton airport for […]

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