by Adam Estes With the Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum edging closer to reopening at its original home within the grounds of former Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro in Irvine, California, it is interesting […]
The most notorious POW camp was Hoa Lo Prison, known to Americans as the “Hanoi Hilton.” The name Hoa Lo refers to a potter’s kiln, but loosely translated it means “hell’s hole” or “fiery furnace.” […]
On Wednesday, under a beautifully sunny Minnesota sky, the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 performed its first engine run under the experienced supervision of veteran warbird pilot Bernie Vasquez. As our regular readers […]
Restoration of the Navy F-14D Tomcat at the Cradle of Aviation Museum is nearly complete. On Wednesday, October 26, at 10 am, the Museum hosted a brief outdoor viewing to unveil the work done to […]
by Jean Pierre Desailly At no other chateau in all of France could you find a former Soviet helicopter parked on the back lawn. The same could be said for a 1970s hovercraft… and a […]
A twenty-one-year-old video documentary detailing the restoration and eventual return to the airworthiness of Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3351 has been located and resurrected by the Historical Aviation Film Unit (HAFU). P3351 was built in early […]
PRESS RELEASE World War II warbirds from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Airbase Georgia fleet will join the festivities Saturday, Oct 29th when the 57th Fighter Group restaurant stages its inaugural Victory Night dinner and […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On October 26, 1940, at Mines Field, Los Angeles, California (now, Los Angeles International Airport), free-lance test pilot Vance Breese took the prototype North American Aviation […]
The Hickory Aviation Museum at Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina had a busy 2021, with the arrival of several new airframes, including OV-1D Mohawk 62-5874, FM-2 Wildcat BuNo.16278 and A-6E Intruder BuNo.155629. In […]
The Commemorative Air Force’s Airbase Georgia in Peachtree City, Georgia will soon restore their Fairchild PT-19A Cornell trainer 42-83511 (N5215Z). As part of the restoration effort, the airframe will be re-covered and painted to resemble, as closely […]
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