For more than half a century, there has only been a single, complete example of a Hawker Typhoon in existence, and it is purely a fluke that even this airframe still exists. It seems incredible […]
The NA-50 was an export fighter which North American Aviation (NAA) designed for the Peruvian Air Force in the late 1930s. They type evolved from the two-seat NA-16 trainer which, as we all know, NAA […]
We are happy to report that on January 19th, 2020 the Hellenic Air Force Museum’s Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc MJ755 flew for the first time since 1953. The aircraft has been under restoration since 2018 within the Biggin Hill […]
On Monday, January 13th, Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIe TE392 took the skies for the first time in some years, making two successful test flights from Archerfield Airport in Brisbane, Queensland following a short period of refurbishment. […]
The Pima Air & Space Museum has just unveiled their freshly refurbished Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII. The museum had previously displayed the fighter wearing the markings of a 257 Squadron Hurricane Mk.I, RAF serial V6864, flown by […]
The Commemorative Air Force’s Dixie Wing in Peachtree City, Georgia has a sterling reputation for the high quality of their aircraft restorations. The Wing has completed several ambitious projects since their inception in 1987, with […]
It has been some time since we did an update on the restoration of Bob Jarrett’s Vought F4U-1 Corsair Bu.02270 at Parafield Airport, near Adelaide, Australia. As readers will know from our previous articles HERE, […]
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. […]
Warbird Digest has just received the December, 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 […]
Back in July, we reported HERE on progress with the restoration of North American F-86F Sabre 52-5112 at Classic Fighters of America in Titusville, Florida. A lot has happened in the interim, and we thought […]
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