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The Ghost of Gananoque by Richard Mallory Allnutt Gananoque, Ontario is right in the heart of the St.Lawrence River’s magnificent Thousand Islands region. The small rural town, pronounced properly as ‘Ga-nah-knock-way’, teems with visitors during […]
The D-Day Squadron, a full squadron of WW2 C-47s (known as the “Gooney Bird” or “Dakota”) that will be returning to Normandy, France for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, announced a new collaboration […]
As we first reported HERE in July, the FAA recently approved Victory Aviation Company LLC to conduct flight training in their Italian-made SIAI-Marchetti S-211 ex-military jets. Feedback from this article led to significant interest, with seventeen pilots now having […]
By Phil Buckley and Nic Franklin. Photos by Nic Franklin The Royal Australian Air Force’s main flying training base is at RAAF Base East Sale in the fields of eastern Victoria about 130 miles east […]
We were amazed today when we saw some fabulous images of a surprisingly complete and intact single seat variant of the Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik rising to the surface of a lake in Russia. While we […]
It was sweltering on Monday morning even standing in the shade outside Vintage Wings of Canada’s hangar in Gatineau, Quebec. A small crowd of local media members were huddled together alongside the flying collection’s dedicated band […]
As WarbirdsNews readers will remember, a few weeks ago, the Yankee Air Museum unveiled their freshly refinished Douglas C-47D Skytrain 44-76716. The aircraft had – for decades – worn a polished metal and white post-war livery, […]
Another fantastic AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is now in the history books. The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration saw the increase of several key elements in 2018. Attendance at EAA’s annual event was an all-time high, roughly […]
Ever since the adventures of Pat Epps, Richard Taylor and the Greenland Expeditionary Society in recovering Lockheed P-38F Lightning 41-7630 from under 260 feet of ice in Greenland during the 1980s and early 90s, there […]
It has been almost a year since Steve Brown stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of the Commemorative Air Force, and during that time the organization has been searching for a new permanent staff member […]
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