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Aircraft or parts thereof being brought back from the dead, whether raised from the oceans’ floor, hacked from a jungle or rescued from a scrapyard.

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Niagara Aerospace Museum Builds its Collection

September 10, 2013 WarbirdsNews 4

The Niagara Aerospace Museum has recently relocated to a new facility within a former terminal building at Niagara Falls International Airport. The museum is dedicated to preserving the rich aviation heritage of Western New York, […]

Warbird Restorations

RAF Museum Dornier Do 17 Restoration Getting Underway

August 27, 2013 WarbirdsNews 3

It’s just been a couple of months since what is believed to be the last surviving Dornier Do 17 was raised from the Godwin Sands off the coast of England. The remains of the plane […]

Warbird Restorations

Restoration of Prototype XP-82 Twin Mustang Makes Progress

August 8, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

We’re able to report significant progress in the restoration to flying condition of Tom Reilly’s North American XP-82 Twin Mustang, and what a project it is. As we recently reported, starting with what was, in […]

Articles

A Downed Allied Pilot, the French Resistance and the Exhumation of his P-38 After Seven Decades

August 1, 2013 WarbirdsNews 2

In the summer of 1944, the skies above the French region of Picardy were the site of some of the largest air battles yet in the Second World War. Second Lieutenant James Johnson of the […]

Warbirds News

Spitfire Hunter to Continue Search for Buried Planes on Two Fronts

July 10, 2013 WarbirdsNews 3

After coming up empty last year, Spitfire hunter David Cundall claims that he is now 90% certain he has located the buried Spitfires for which he has been searching, and now partnered with new investors […]

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Sandbar Mitchell Recovery Crew Alaska-Bound

June 22, 2013 WarbirdsNews 1

We had the pleasure of finally meeting a person whose story we’ve been following for while. Patrick Mihalek, owner of Legend Of Aces Aviation and the man who is spearheading the effort to retrieve and […]

Airshow News

Restored Wildcat and One Recently Retrieved from Lake Michigan to Share a Stage at AirVenture 2013

June 19, 2013 WarbirdsNews 2

As we recently reported, the ever-popular Warbirds in Review Program at EAA AirVenture 2013 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will feature a very special presentation for Friday August 2nd’s afternoon session. The Naval Aviation Museum of Pensacola, […]

Aviation Museum News

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Found in Puerto Rico is Australia Bound

June 17, 2013 WarbirdsNews 14

The Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Trust (RCMPT), after a worldwide, seven-year search, located and purchased a rare Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina finding the plane (un)surprisingly enough, on eBay, located in Puerto Rico, reportedly acquiring the plane […]

Warbird Restorations

The Restoration to Flying Condition of XP-82 Twin Mustang Prototype 44-83887

June 16, 2013 WarbirdsNews 22

Tom Reilly is no stranger to warbird restoration; he owned the Flying Tigers Warbird Restoration Museum in Kissimmee, Florida, before Hurricane Charlie destroyed the facility in 2004. He presently heads The B-25 Group, which specializes […]

Aviation Museum News

Dornier Do 17 Retrieved From Goodwin Sands Arrives at RAF Museum Cosford

June 15, 2013 WarbirdsNews 3

The Donier Do 17 that the RAF Museum recently retrieved from under 50 feet of salt water where it had lain for over 70 years, arrived at the museum’s Cosford facility today. Museum staff as […]

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GA Groups tell FAA of Threat to Flight Training in Limited Category Aircraft

April 20, 2021 0

PRESS RELEASE – The fallout from a recent court decision regarding compensated flight training in Limited Category aircraft threatens the ability to train and maintain proficiency in a broad spectrum of aircraft, according to letter […]

Warbird Restoration News

Warbird Restorations

Supermarine Spitfire MH603 – Restoration Update April 2021

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline in Australia recently made another visit to Vintage Fighter Restorations (VFR) in Scone, New South Wales to check out progress with the restoration of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX MH603. We [...]
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