The Chance-Vought F4U Corsair is one of the most revered aircraft to emerge from WWII. With its unconventional, inverted gull-wing profile and brutish good looks, not to mention its legendary accomplishments, it is no wonder […]
As everyone will be well aware, from our previous reporting, the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group has been working hard to restore Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB RB396 back to flying condition, using a significant amount of original material […]
The B-29 Superfortress known as Doc will bring its B-29 Doc Flight Experience Tour to three cities in Kansas to wrap up the the 2020 tour season. The three day event across three cities will […]
On their way to the Labor Day weekend at the Arkansas Air and Military Museum the CAF Gulf Coast Wing’s B-17 Texas Raiders suffered a performance issue on one engine while in transit, and out […]
North American P-51D USAAF Serial No. 44-74453, N51ZW, has now taken up residence in Germany, based at the Frankfurt-Egelsbach Airport with new owner Georg Raab. MeierMotors GmbH carried out the reassembly and test flights at […]
Warbird Digest has just received the September, 2020 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]
It has been a couple of months since our last update on Columbine II, the Lockheed VC-121A Constellation which President Dwight D. Eisenhower used during the early years of his first term of office. This […]
Warbird Digest has just received the August, 2020 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]
The Westland Whirlwind was a remarkable twin-engined fighter which served Britain’s Royal Air Force during the early stages of WWII. The type had great promise, being one of the fastest fighters of its day when […]
Warbird Digest has just received the July, 2020 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force was recently selected by the U.S. Air Force History and Museums Program as a recipient of a 2020 Air Force Heritage Award for its Space Suit exhibit. […]
Visitors to the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will have the opportunity to step inside the Conservation Center and take a look behind the scenes at aircraft conservation projects, during the annual Open Week from […]
The Royal Air Force Museum is inviting the public to remember service personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice during their tours of duty, by contributing a personal act of remembrance, either a poem, short story, […]
The Board of Directors of the Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association – New England Air Museum has elected Robert Stangarone Chairman of the Board and President, effective immediately. He succeeds Scott Ashton who has served in […]
The National Naval Aviation Museum will expand its reopening to include all holders of Department of Defense (DoD) identification and Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC) holders with either a service connected disability or who are […]
Pilot Report: This another in our series of recorded flying experiences that we have received from readers and adapted for our website. We will publish further accounts from time-to-time, but are eager to record more for […]
On September 27, 2019, Warbird Digest was invited to fly with Allen Chorman & Son on a mosquito flight over the marshes of central Delaware. While en route to our target area, 41-year-old Jeff Chorman […]
Pilot Report: This another in our series of recorded flying experiences that we have received from readers and adapted for our website. We will publish further accounts from time-to-time, but are eager to record more for […]
The Spirit of Flight Foundation announced that it is working on an upcoming feature film, entitled FLIGHT FOR LIFE, which is currently in development in Colorado. The story centers around a former Army helicopter pilot […]
Job description from a WWII B-17 training manual, “The inflight Armorer-Gunner inspects, repairs, maintains machine guns, cannons, bomb release mechanisms, bomb racks, aerial gun sites, the auxiliary equipment and chemical carrying release mechanisms, and flare […]
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