News about warbird restorations and classic aircraft restorations
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 […]
We have just received the March/April, 2022 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 […]
As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, for some years now. Jason Capra and his band of […]
Under a moody sky on April 2nd, 2022, legendary early aeroplane specialist, Mikael Carlson, flew the American Heritage Museum’s Nieuport 28 C-1 biplane fighter on its first post-restoration flight, taking off from a grass strip near his workshop […]
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. […]
As some readers may already have heard, Mike Spaulding’s combat veteran F4U-1D Corsair (BuNo.82640) made its first post-restoration flight on February 28th, taking to the air from Mareeba Airport near Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia. […]
As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, for some years now. Jason Capra and his band of […]
Restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 is progressing well at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota, as Chuck Cravens’ December 2021/January 2022 report reveals. We thought our readers would love to catch up on the latest details so, […]
For the past few years, we have been following the efforts at Classic Fighters of America to return Doug Matthews’ North American Sabre to the sky at their facility in Titusville, Florida. Well that momentous first post-restoration flight […]
B-17G Champaign Lady Update: February 18, 2022 by Scott A. Thompson of Aero Vintage One of the most impressive B-17 restoration efforts presently underway is taking place within the Champaign Aviation Museum’s hangar at Grimes Field […]
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