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By Grant Newman The hard-working management team running the Wings over Wairarapa (WoW) Air Festival cannot seem to get a break. With previous airshows curtailed owing to COVID-19 and Cyclone Gabrielle, this year the team […]
Two of the rusting, stripped-down passenger jets that once belonged to Olympic Airways (OA), which had been abandoned at the Hellinikon Airport since 2001, were recently acquired by the Cypriot company Zela Aviation. The objective […]
by Nigel Hitchman On September 15-17, 2023, the WACO Historical Society held a fly-in at Waco Field to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the famed aircraft manufacturer’s move to Troy, Ohio. The historic airfield is […]
After many years of military and civilian professional flying, Captain Giancarlo Gusso wanted to own an airplane for himself to enjoy flying in freedom, whenever and wherever he wanted, and without the rules and timetables […]
Report by Commissioning Editor James Kightly At Albury airport, NSW, Australia, on Saturday 28 October 2023, the Uiver Restoration Project opened its doors to the public for its major annual open day. The Project is […]
Ala Doble Ranch invitation fly-in, Marginal Aviation ‘Last Ditch’ 29 – 30 September 2023 By Nigel Hitchman Walt Bowe again invited people to come to his airstrip in northern California for his fabulous flying event […]
by Donivan Godsil 50 years ago, in the south-central part of Tennessee, there was a small cabin adjacent to the Tullahoma airport. This cabin would be the start of the Beechcraft Heritage Museum, and today, […]
We often receive questions regarding what happened to Lockheed L-1649A Starliner N7361C, which Lufthansa spent vast sums restoring for airworthy use, only to cancel the project at the last hurdle. Almost five years ago, Lufthansa […]
By Dave Söderström, Historic Australian Aircraft. In what seems almost unheard of in today’s world, an aircraft built in the 1960s is set to return to work doing what it was built for; hauling oversized […]
By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor. The original 1920s Curtiss Seagull flying boat, which has been on display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum (CASM) Rockliffe, Ontario (part of the Ingenium national museum group), will […]
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