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In the Air With the CAF Houston Wing’s Lockheed C-60 Lodestar

September 18, 2013 WarbirdsNews 2

Recently, noted aviation photographer and journalist, Luigino Caliaro had the opportunity to photograph the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Houston Wing‘s beautifully restored Lockheed C-60A Lodestar.

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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, […]

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Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Paper Drop Tanks of WWII

August 18, 2013 WarbirdsNews 6

Faced with wartime metal shortages, and a need to extend the range of fighter craft heading to Europe, the British came up with an ingenious design for auxiliary drop tanks, making them out of resorcinol […]

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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 […]

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WWII Veteran Aviator Bill Overstreet and His P-51 Mustang, “Berlin Express”

July 31, 2013 WarbirdsNews 58

We had the pleasure of speaking at length with World War Two aviator, William B.”Bill” Overstreet at Warbirds Over the Beach 2013, and as promised, we’re going to relate some of the compelling stories of […]

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Canadian North Atlantic Aviation Museum Struggles for Public’s Attention

June 28, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

After completing a $400,000 renovation of its facilities, the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander, Newfoundland still finds itself suffering from a lack of interest. A recent annual general meeting held by the museum’s board […]

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WWII’s B-17 “All American” Separating Fact and Fiction

June 27, 2013 WarbirdsNews 83

We got this email in our inbox the other day, purporting to tell the story of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, “All American.” The story, accompanied with some incredible pictures, told of the plane, mortally […]

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WWII Veteran Tail Gunner Visits the Tribute to the B-25 He Crewed

June 23, 2013 WarbirdsNews 8

At the Museum of Aviation near Warner Robins, Georgia, a recent visitor turned out to have quite a connection to the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber on display. He was its tail gunner. Well, not […]

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WWII B-24 Liberator Hot Stuff – Setting the Record Straight

June 15, 2013 WarbirdsNews 35

On a recent post here at Warbirds News, we reported on the anniversary of milestones in the history of what is perhaps one of the most famous bombers of all time, the Boeing B-17F Flying […]

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Operation Celestial Flight Pays Tribute to WWII WASP Casualties

June 4, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

Thirty-eight young women, all volunteers in an experimental Army Air Force WWII program called Women Aviation Air Force Pilots (WASP) were killed in the line of duty. The Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the […]

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RAAF Re-Establishes No. 100 Squadron as Air Force Heritage Squadron

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PRESS RELEASE – The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 100 Squadron will be re-formed as the Air Force Heritage Squadron, operating from two locations RAAF Base Point Cook and Temora ahead of centenary commemorations […]

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WWII Combat Veteran F4U-1D Corsair Nearing First Flight

It’s been some time since our last update on progress with Mike Spaulding’s Vought Corsair which has been under restoration for the past decade in Mareeba, near the city of Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia. [...]
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Military Aviation Museum Acquires an SBD-5 Dauntless

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In mid-February, the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) in Pungo, Virginia took delivery of a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless project which will soon begin a full, airworthy restoration. However, prior to commencing her rebuild, the MAM is placing their […]

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