The Pima Air & Space Museum in Pima, Arizona recently completed the refurbishment of their Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz biplane and returned it for display inside Hangar 3. The Stieglitz, German for goldfinch, was an excellent […]
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. […]
For those amongst us with an avid interest in vintage military aircraft, there can be few who haven’t at least secretly harbored a long-held dream to be more than just a bystander; to actively take […]
We have been following the efforts of the People’s Mosquito for the past few years as the group has steadily made headway on their plans to build an airworthy de Havilland Mosquito in the UK. This […]
The Royal Air Force Museum’s Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at RAF Museum Cosford in Shropshire, England will be holding an open house during the week of November 11th through 16th. The facility, which is the […]
Westland Lysander Mk.III (SD) R9215 has just re-emerged from the Michael Beetham Conservation Center at RAF Museum Cosford. The aircraft is a remarkable survivor, one of just a handful of British-built variants of the type […]
Warbird Digest has just received the August/September, 2019 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to […]
Once all-but extinct, the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) Boomerang is experiencing a healthy renaissance these days. More than a dozen examples of this pugnacious, Australian-designed and built WWII fighter aircraft are under active restoration, with […]
A Progress Update on the CASC’s FG-1D Corsair by Jerry M. O’Neill Sunday, September 15, 2019 saw the Connecticut Air and Space Center’s Goodyear FG-1D Corsair displayed outdoors at the museum’s annual “Corsair Car Show” […]
That National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida has just taken delivery of a former Polish Air Force MiG-21bis ‘Fishbed’. It will be refurbished in Iraqi markings for a Gulf War display which will include the […]
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