Most people would agree that the Lockheed P-38 Lightning is one of the most iconic and significant fighter aircraft to have flown and fought in WWII. The Lightning was the first fighter to achieve 400mph […]
We have sad news to report today, as early this morning we lost Brigadier General Charles Edward McGee, one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the legendary group of African American aviators […]
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 […]
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 […]
Warbird Digest has received the September/October, 2021 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 see […]
Back in November, we published an article describing how our sponsors at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum had designed and fabricated several items of ground handling equipment for servicing the warbirds in their collection. The […]
During our recent article illustrating the first post-restoration flight for Supermarine Seafire F.Mk.XVII SX336, we hinted that this vintage maritime fighter aircraft would soon be in the news again – and that time has just […]
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. […]
This coming Friday marks the 118th anniversary of the first officially acknowledged, controlled flight by a powered, heavier-than-air vehicle – the famous Wright Flyer – which Orville Wright took aloft on a gusty morning in […]
As regular readers will know, we have been following the remarkable efforts of Jason Capra and Vintage Wings Inc. over the past five years as they successfully pursued the resurrection of combat-veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095. […]
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