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Tempest Fugit – The Resurrection of Two of Hawkers’ Finest Fighters

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Tempest Fugit – The Resurrection of Two of Hawkers’ Finest by Richard Mallory Allnutt The Hawker Tempest is one of the most revered ground attack aircraft of WWII, and yet so few of them survived beyond […]

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Kermit Weeks reopened his Fantasy of Flight museum to the general public this past weekend, although on a much smaller scale. The original incarnation of Fantasy of Flight closed to all but private events last […]

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After a very long restoration project and recent FAA sign off, a Stinson L-1 Vigilant owned by Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight Museum of Polk City, Florida took the sky today for the first in […]

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NOTE:The latest news on the dissolution of the MAM collection, including the destination of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 and the B-17 “Chuckie” are added at the bottom of this article. As we recently reported, […]

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By CJ Machado Over the past thirty-five years, a small team of explorers has surveyed the southern basin of Lake Michigan in search of World War II US Navy aircraft. Veteran owned, A & T […]

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Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – December 2019 Restoration Update

As many of our readers will be well aware, Avro Lancaster B.VII NX611 ‘Just Jane’ is under restoration to airworthy condition with the Lincoln Aviation Heritage Center at former RAF East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, England. [...]
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As a part of the RAF Museum’s formal celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain next summer, they have teamed up with the Chelsea Foundation to develop the ‘Hidden Heroes’ project. More […]

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