Despite the Armistice of Cassibile between the Allies and the Kingdom of Italy in early September 1943, air battles still raged in the skies over the Po River Valley for many more months; Hitler’s Luftwaffe […]
Colonel Clarence “Bud” Anderson celebrated his 100th birthday today. He remains one of the United States Air Force’s most celebrated pilots and is perhaps most well known for his prowess over Europe during WWII, where […]
Soar into the new year with the Royal Air Force Museum’s Vulcan Challenge, and walk, run, or cycle your way to reach the 100km, 250km, or even 500km distance! The Challenge commences on Friday 14 […]
Waterloo Warbirds, based at the Region of Waterloo International Airport just east of Kitchener, Ontario recently announced that they are booking rides in their MiG-15. Nicknamed Natasha, this aircraft is actually a former Polish Air Force example, […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1943, at the controls of the United States Army Air Forces, Boeing’s Chief Test Pilot, Eddie Allen, made the first flight of the […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 9, 1941 test pilot Captain Harry Albert (“Sam”) Brown, O.B.E., (1896–1953) made the first flight of the Avro Lancaster prototype, BT308, at RAF Ringway, […]
As most readers will be well aware, the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum resides within a pair historic hangars on Ford Island in Hawaii. These hangars still bear the witness marks of history, battle scars inflicted during the […]
As we reported in November, Britain’s Imperial War Museum was soon due to unveil a special exhibit at their Duxford location dedicated to the superlative Supermarine Spitfire. On December 27th, our very own George Land attended the […]
On Saturday, January 8, 2022, Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California is once again combining a Hangar Talk session with a Flying Demo, this time to create a special event featuring the organization’s North […]
The Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow has just announced that a relative newcomer to New Zealand’s warbird scene, former Reno Racer Yakovlev Yak-3UR Steadfast, will debut at this year’s event held in Wanaka on New Zealand’s […]
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