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Great photo restoration work from our friend Leo Determann who is a professional graphic artist.
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MiG to go on Display at the Palm Springs Air Museum
The Palm Springs Air Museum (PSAM) has added a recently-acquired Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F 1112, a former Czechoslovakian Air Force plane, to its collection on display. The plane was brought to the United States by a Czech […]
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Spitfire with a Racing History Makes Progress in Restoration
Supermarine Spitfire PR.XI P1983, registration G-PRXI, has recently emerged from the paint shop of Historic Flying Ltd. in Duxford, United Kingdom. Sporting a new paint scheme, the Spitfire now wears the wartime photo reconnaissance blue […]
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Cleveland’s U.S. Aviation Museum In The Process Of Restoring Vintage Boeing B-29 Superfortress
A group named “Doc’s Friends” has recently taken ownership of the 25-year project to restore a Boeing Superfortress bomber. The organization takes its name from the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs character, whose countenance […]
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Beechcraft 18 Repaint in Progress
Progress is being reported on the re-paint of Beechcraft 18-3TM G-BKGL being performed for owner Tim Darrah at Beechcraft specialists, Beech Restorations at Bruntingthorpe in the East Midlands, United Kingdom. The plane was built during […]
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Spitfire Damaged Upon Landing
Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX PS853, registered as G-RRGN, which we recently reported as having completed a meticulous, rivet by rivet restoration, was damaged when its landing gear collapsed during a landing at East Midlands Airport. The […]
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Engine Test for the Starfighter LN-STF
Today we have another engine test. The first test of this engine was performed in 2007 on Starfighter LN-STF which belongs to the Norwegian association “Friends of the Starfighter” and was performed at the Royal […]
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Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8 Restoration Well Underway
The remains of Focke-Wulf 190F-8 93182, a JG 5 fighter that was shot out of the sky by the RAF in Norway on February 9, 1945 has been recently acquired by the Collings Foundation and […]
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North American B-25J Mitchell Restoration Progress
Progress is being reported in the restoration of owner Ron Fagen’s North American B-25J Mitchell 44-86698, Registration number N325N. Formerly going by the name “Sunday Punch” and known for its unusual solid nose that bristled […]
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Dragon Rapide Nearing Completion in Belgium
The Brussels Aircraft Museum Restoration Society is nearing completion on the restoration project of de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide R5922. The aircraft is being returned to the 1947 configuration and mint green livery it wore […]