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

January 5, 2021 Editor 0

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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C-53 Skytrooper Beach City Baby – Winter 2020 Restoration Update

March 16, 2020 Editor 3

It has been almost six months since we last updated readers on progress with Vintage Wings Inc’s combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper Beach City Baby. The Operation Torch veteran and workhorse of the North Africa […]

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Douglas C-53 Skytrooper Beach City Baby – Restoration Update (Oct. 2019)

October 13, 2019 WarbirdsNews 1

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper Beach City Baby – Restoration Update (Oct. 2019) by Jason Capra Almost exactly a year ago, our Douglas C-53-DO Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, took to the air again for the […]

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‘Beach City Baby’ Flies! – WWII Combat Vet C-53 Airborne Again

October 8, 2018 Editor 1

A historic, combat-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (41-20095) took to the skies again for the first time in several decades in Beach City, Ohio on Saturday October 6th, 2018 following a remarkable three-year effort by Jason […]

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Vintage Wings’ Douglas C-53 Skytrooper – Restoration Update

March 15, 2018 WarbirdsNews 0

Over the past two years, WarbirdsNews has been reporting HERE on the efforts of Jason Capra and his team at Vintage Wings, Inc. to resurrect an abandoned combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper back to flying […]

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

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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 […]

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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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