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Smithsonian Air and Space Giving Away Part of its Collection

May 12, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 2

Lest there be an uproar, we’ll state it upfront: The popular items the public loves to visit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, in Washington D.C. are not being given away. So there’s no […]

Aviation Museum News

RAF Museum Retrieval of Dornier Do 17 Proceeding

May 11, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 0

As we recently reported, the retrieval of what is believed to be the world’s only intact Dornier Do 17 from the Goodwin Sands off the eastern coast of England began last week. The underwater salvage […]

Aviation Museum News

May 18th to be “British Invasion” Day at the Pima Air and Space Museum

May 10, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 6

THE DATE FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR MAY 18TH The 18th of May marks almost exactly the 70th Anniversary of the innovative and daring WWII RAF mission called “Operation Chastise,” more commonly […]

Aviation Museum News

World’s Last Macchi M.7 Undergoing Restoration in Sweden

May 8, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 0

In addition to the Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration on which we recently reported, another restoration project of Flygvapenmuseum and the Tullingebergsvägen Group is making progress; coincidentally it’s also a flying boat, a Macchi M.7.

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World’s Only Flying Mosquito Flew Today!

May 7, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 63

Regular readers of Warbirds News know we’ve been following the progress of Jerry Yagen and the Military Aviation Museum’s de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, from its shipment from New Zealand to the announcement of its first […]

Warbird Restorations

Canadian Halifax Project Seeks to Resurrect Planes, from Parts if Necessary

May 7, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 1

Karl Kjarsgaard is a man on a mission. He is presently combing the globe for pieces and parts to resurrect one, or possibly two Handley Page Halifax bombers. Wing sections and landing gear from the […]

Aviation Museum News

Work Begins to Retrieve Dornier Do 17 from the Waters off English Coast

May 7, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 1

Work began last week to raise what is believed to be the last surviving example of the Donier Do 17, located on its back in a sand formation 50 feet below the surface, six miles […]

Aviation Museum News

Donnet-Lévêque “Flying Fish” Restoration Nearing Completion in Sweden

May 6, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 1

The Flygvapenmuseum (Air Force Museum) in Linköping, Sweden, just south of Stockholm is reporting significant progress in the restoration it’s 1913 Donnet-Lévêque Type A flying boat. The restoration project is being performed by the Tullingebergsvägen […]

Aviation Museum News

F-111 arrives at Fighter World

May 6, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 1

A retired Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) General Dynamics F-111C Aardvark made the overland trip from Base Amberley In Queensland to Fighter World in Williamtown, New South Wales over this past weekend. In preparation for […]

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VWoC Restoration of Former SAAF Spitfire Moving Along

May 5, 2013 WarbirdsUpdate 0

Gatineau, Quebec-based Vintage Wings of Canada, in addition to the restoration of their Hawker Hurricane on which we recently reported, is also well along on their restoration of Supermarine Spitfire IX TE294 which most recently […]

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Paul G. Allen Expedition Discovers the Sunken USS Hornet and Her Aircraft

February 12, 2019 0

Today we received incredible news from the late Paul G. Allen’s deep ocean research vessel R/V Petrel that the research team aboard has located and documented the long-lost wreck of the WWII aircraft carrier U.S.S. […]

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  • Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 'Beach City Baby' - Restoration Update - Feb. 2019: […] first flight which took place on October 6th, 2018. This first flight, covered photographically HERE exclusively by Warbird Digest’s own…

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P-39 Airacobra – First Flight Nears

As some readers will have noticed, on February 4th, Pioneer Aero Ltd. ran the Allison V-1710-85 engine on the Bell P-39 Airacobra that they have been restoring at their workshop in Ardmore, New Zealand. This [...]
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Warbirds Over the Beach – Flash Ticket Sale for Military Aviation Museum’s 2019 Event

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For those looking for a major air show in a magical, intimate setting, it really is hard to beat the Military Aviation Museum’s Warbirds Over the Beach air show held each May at their main […]

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