News about warbird restorations and classic aircraft restorations
by Austin Kubacak Grumman HU-16B Albatross 51-7144 first arrived at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia during 1983. After decades on external display, the Albatross finally came in for a more formal overhaul […]
It has been quite some time since our last update on the B-17 Alliance Foundation’s remarkable effort to restore Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-85790 Lacey Lady in Salem, Oregon, but thanks to Scott Thompson of Aero […]
by Richard Mallory Allnutt The team at Fagen Fighters Restoration never seems to slow down. With the airworthy resurrection of Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver BuNo.83393 fast approaching its conclusion, another WWII-era U.S. Navy warbird project may […]
On a beautiful, sunny day in Bemidji, Minnesota, the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s Republic P-47D-23 Thunderbolt 42-27609 roared into the skies for the first time since its wartime accident at Dobodura airstrip in New Guinea […]
The People’s Mosquito, the organization which has made impressive strides in its effort to build an airworthy de Havilland Mosquito for the UK, has just announced a major, three-year sponsorship deal from European aerospace giant, […]
The San Diego Air & Space Museum is in the final stages of restoring a Boeing FB-5 Hawk, the first aircraft designed and built specifically for use on an aircraft carrier. One can trace the […]
May 4th, 2023: Fagen Fighters WWII Museum announced a major milestone in the restoration of their Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver on social media yesterday, formally rolling out the nearly-completed aircraft from their workshop at Granite Falls […]
A WWII Vickers Wellington bomber has been restored to its former glory after more than a decade of conservation at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands. The Wellington, one of only two remaining, has moved […]
Last summer, we ran an article describing the arrival of the Commemorative Air Force’s partially rebuilt P-47N Thunderbolt at CAF Airbase Georgia. Since that date, the organization’s highly accomplished restoration team at Falcon Field in […]
We have been covering the efforts of the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group and their quest to restore Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib RB396 to flying condition for some years now. The organization held an event at their base […]
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