News from the warbird collections around the world.
The Collings Foundation has just announced that their Douglas A-1E Skyraider will be joining the Wings of Freedom Tour for the California part of the tour from April 26 through June 10*. They are now […]
On November 3rd, 2017, the Commemorative Air Force’s North American B-25J Mitchell 43-27868 was on final approach during its last airshow appearance of the year when it suffered an engine failure. The crew landed the airplane […]
WarbirdsNews has just received the latest report from Chuck Cravens on the restoration of Texas Flying Legends Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see […]
PEACHTREE CITY, GA. (Feb. 12, 2018) – Jump, jive and swing at “Keep ‘em Flying”, a World War II-theme hangar dance and dinner gala hosted by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing on Saturday, […]
The Collings Foundation is currently in the midst of a renaissance, with a dozen or so vintage military aircraft currently under restoration to flying condition to join their already burgeoning fleet of airworthy warbirds. In amongst […]
Back in September, WarbirdsNews published an article by Chuck Cravens detailing the history of Republic P-47D 42-27609. This combat-veteran Thunderbolt belongs to the Texas Flying Legends Museum, and is under restoration at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. […]
Noted aviation racer Thom Richard will relate his experiences and discuss the history of air racing in the final Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing Living Aviation History Day program for 2017. The presentation will […]
The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) will host its annual “12 Planes of Christmas” online giving campaign this December. Designed to support the aircraft of the CAF, the world’s largest flying museum. This event highlights the […]
It’s safe to say that we have all been watching the Commemorative Air Force’s valiant efforts to resurrect the D-Day veteran Douglas C-47 That’s All Brother. The venerable cargo plane has been undergoing refurbishment with Basler […]
As many of our readers will be well be aware, we have been following the restoration of Texas Flying Legends Museum’s North American P-51C Mustang at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota for some time now. […]
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