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DC-3 Christmas Lights Flights Are a Texas Christmas Tradition

December 21, 2020 WarbirdsNews 0

Story and Photos by Gary Daniels The writer of the popular Christmas poem, “T’was The Night Before Christmas,” describes his awe as ‘ol St. Nick descends from the night sky and arrives “with such a […]

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The Anniversary Of The Legend Of The Skies

December 17, 2020 WarbirdsNews 0

From an original article by Larry Merritt for Boeing Frontiers Online, adapted by Jason Capra of Vintage Wings. and our staff. 85 years ago today, one of aviation’s best-known and most-loved airplanes was born. On […]

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D-Day Squadron Officially Launches the DC-3 Society

September 21, 2020 WarbirdsNews 0

PRESS RELEASE – Days shy of flying the Arsenal of Democracy in Washington, D.C., the D-Day Squadron officially launches its well awaited DC-3 Society. Having met each flyover mission, outreach event, airshow performance and display […]

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D-Day Squadron – Documentary Announcement

September 18, 2019 Editor 0

As everybody will know by now, the D-Day Squadron pulled off a remarkable feat this past summer by organizing and executing the safe and successful transatlantic journey of fifteen historic Douglas transports to take part […]

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Phillips 66 Joins Effort to Commemorate D-Day

April 22, 2019 WarbirdsNews 0

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, Phillips 66® Aviation and Phillips 66® Lubricants are proud to support the “Miss Montana to Normandy” mission to fly a historic C-47 warbird in […]

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2018: Warbird Year In Review

December 27, 2018 WarbirdsNews 0

2018 has been another great year for warbirds, with many significant events and first flights taking place. We at Vintage Aviation Publications through WarbirdsNews.com and Warbird Digest have endeavored to keep our readers informed of […]

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Combat Veteran C-47B Skytrain 43-48950 Becomes “Hit or Miss”

November 5, 2018 WarbirdsNews 0

Some say an aircraft acquires her ‘personality’ only after nose art is applied. On Saturday October 27th, combat-veteran Douglas C-47B Skytrain 43-48950 received hers, becoming Hit or Miss, thanks to the capable hands of aviation […]

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D-Day Squadron Fleet Soaring Into AirVenture

July 16, 2018 WarbirdsNews 0

Representatives from the D-Day Squadron’s fleet of American C-47 and DC-3 aircraft are making their way to EAA’s AirVenture for the annual “World’s Greatest Aviation Festival.” 11 aircraft that are part of the D-Day Squadron […]

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WWII Heritage Days 2019 to Honor 75th Anniversary of D-Day

July 10, 2018 WarbirdsNews 0

The 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe will be commemorated around the world in 2019, and Georgia will be part of it with the 16th annual WWII Heritage Days, April 27-28, 2019, at […]

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Yankee Air Museum’s C-47 Honors the 1st Air Commando Group

July 2, 2018 WarbirdsNews 2

As WarbirdsNews reported a couple of weeks ago, Kalitta Air has been refurbishing the exterior of the Yankee Air Museum’s C-47 Skytrain at their maintenance facility in Oscoda, Michigan. Kalitta began their efforts, stripping the […]

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Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow Update

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With the air show world sensing a much-hoped-for return to normalcy beginning to arrive, the legendary biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow in Wanaka, New Zealand is already making plans for their event over the […]

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Fagen Fighters’ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – April, 2021

With the recent arrival of their freshly restored Grumman Hellcat, which we reported on a couple of days ago, comes news from the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum about progress with their ultra-rare Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver Bu.83393. [...]
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