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Northrop P-61 Black Widow – December 2017 Restoration Update

December 30, 2017 WarbirdsNews 5

The Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania has just released their 2017 annual summary on progress with the restoration of their ultra-rare Northrop P-61B Black Widow night fighter 42-39445. They have been working diligently on […]

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Boulton Paul Defiant Goes on Display at RAF Museum Cosford

December 29, 2017 WarbirdsNews 1

by Richard Mallory Allnutt The sole surviving Boulton Paul Defiant, RAF serial N1671, is now fully re-assembled and on display at RAF Museum Cosford in Shropshire, UK. The aircraft arrived from RAF Museum Hendon in […]

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You Can Go Home Again…. Sort Of

December 28, 2017 Editor 0

It’s rare for anyone to find… and then fly… the aircraft they made their first military flight in as a pilot a half century or so after the event, let alone on the anniversary of […]

Aviation Museum News

New Aircraft On Display at NASM’s Udvar-Hazy Center

December 27, 2017 Editor 2

Article by Richard Mallory Allnutt In recent weeks, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has added three new aircraft to its public exhibition space at their Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. The first […]

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2017 In Review Through Warbirds News’ Top Articles

December 25, 2017 WarbirdsNews 0

2017 has been another great year for warbirds, with many significant events and first flights taking place. We at WarbirdsNews have endeavored to keep our readers informed of as many developments as possible, with exclusive […]

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High Level Aircraft Cleaning at the RAF Museum Cosford

December 24, 2017 WarbirdsNews 0

The annual high level aircraft cleaning will be taking place at RAF Museum Cosford from Tuesday the 2nd to Friday January 5th, 2018. The work will be focused on the suspended aircraft displayed within the […]

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B-29 ‘Doc’ – Preliminary 2018 Air Show Schedule

December 23, 2017 Editor 2

Doc’s Friends announced on Thursday the preliminary 2018 tour schedule they have arranged so far for their B-29 Superfortress  known as Doc. While these are just the initial dates, the organization expects to add more to […]

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Combat Veteran C-47 Takes Flight

December 22, 2017 Editor 0

In early December, a historic Douglas C-47 took to the skies again for the first time in many years, flying from Keystone Heights Airport in Starke to Tampa Executive Airport in Tampa, Florida. C-47B 43-48950 served […]

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RAF 100th Anniversary Tour – Ian Allan Aviation Tours (June 30th – July 17th, 2018)

December 21, 2017 Editor 0

The Royal Air Force will be celebrating its centenary in 2018. Formed on April 1st, 1918 by the amalgamation of squadrons and personnel of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, the […]

Texas Flying Legends

Texas Flying Legends Museum – P-47D Restoration Update Oct./Nov. 2017

December 18, 2017 Editor 0

Back in September, WarbirdsNews published an article by Chuck Cravens detailing the history of Republic P-47D 42-27609. This combat-veteran Thunderbolt belongs to the Texas Flying Legends Museum, and is under restoration at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. […]

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2022 Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow – Pride of the Pacific

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by Aaron Haase The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum held their annual Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow at their home field in Granite Falls, Minnesota on Saturday, June 18th, 2022. I arrived mid-afternoon the day before, and was treated […]

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USAF Museum Douglas A-1H Skyraider – Restoration Report

by Adam Estes Inside a large hangar on the facilities of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, an example of the venerable Douglas A-1H Skyraider is currently undergoing the final stages of a long [...]
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