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Former RNZAF Harvard Under Restoration in Wanaka, New Zealand

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Callum Smith’s Twenty24 Ltd. has just begun the restoration of North American Harvard Mk.IIa in Wanaka, New Zealand for Masterton-based warbird pilot, Bevan Dewes. Contstructed for a U.S. Army Air Force’s contract as AT-6C 41-33720 […]

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Aermacchi MB-339 – The New Gate Guard at Wanaka

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On September 28th in Wanaka, New Zealand, the local community celebrated the region’s long association with warbirds by placing an Ex Royal New Zealand Air Force jet trainer on a pole at the entrance to Wanaka Airport. […]

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina a Definite Maybe for Warbirds Over Wanaka 2014

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One of the crowd favorites at the biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow, held in even-numbered years in Wanaka, New Zealand, is hoped to return to the event in 2014. Last attending the 2010 show, […]

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Ex-RNZAF Avenger Gifted to Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society

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An ex-Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Grumman TBF-1 Avenger aircraft that the Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society (GAPS) of Gisborne, New Zealand been looking after for the past 14 years has just been officially gifted […]

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The aerial display portion of Warbirds Over the Beach 2013 was severely hampered by bad weather. While we surely would have liked to be able to see the full program, having travelled a fair distance […]

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Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Historic World War II Dambusters Raid

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The night of May 16-17th, 1943 saw the execution of Operation Chastise, better known as the Dambuster Raid, the culmination of a year and a half of hard work, developing and testing an innovative new […]

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World’s Only Flying Mosquito Flew Today!

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Regular readers of Warbirds News know we’ve been following the progress of Jerry Yagen and the Military Aviation Museum’s de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, from its shipment from New Zealand to the announcement of its first […]

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Short Brothers Flying Boats Make a Splash at New Zealand Museum

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The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), located in Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand has recently gotten it’s massive Short S.45 Solent 4 ZK-AMO “Aranui” under cover in it’s new 32,000 square foot Aviation Display […]

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B-29 Doc Announces July 2021 Tour Schedule

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PRESS RELEASE – The July 2021 tour schedule for B-29 Doc has been announced and it includes stops in seven cities across six states, ending with Doc’s appearance at EAA AirVenture. Here’s the list of […]

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C-53 Skytrooper “Beach City Baby” – Winter 2021 Restoration Update

Here is the latest update from Jason Capra on progress with the resurrection of Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, Beach City Baby, under restoration with Capra and his team at Vintage Wings Inc. in Franklin, Pennsylvania. If [...]
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Blue Angel On The Move: Yankee Air Museum Adds F/A-18 Hornet

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Following close on the heals of our report covering the recent repaint of the Yankee Air Museum’s airworthy B-25 Mitchell, we have just received word that the museum has taken delivery of a retired F/A-18C […]

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