News about warbird restorations and classic aircraft restorations
The New England Air Museum’s (NEAM) North American P-51D Mustang, N13Y, has been moved out of storage and into their 11,000 square foot restoration hangar, where crew chief Pete McConnell and his team are now […]
Lost during a training exercise, FM-2 Wildcat BuNo 57039 broke the surface of Lake Michigan where it had lain beneath the waves for nearly 70 years, tattered but substantially complete. The General Motors-built FM-2 suffered […]
Roberto Crippa (b. Monza, 17 May 1921; d. Milan, 19 March 1972) was a famous Italian painter and sculptor. Crippa was also an acrobatic pilot who competed at the international level. In 1972 during a […]
A former Uruguayan Air Force North American P-51 Mustang is reaching the end of an extensive restoration that will return it to flying condition performed by the award winning P-51 specialist firm, Midwest Aero of […]
The second airworthy Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b and R.E.8 reproductions to emerge from The Vintage Aviator, Ltd’s factory in Wellington, New Zealand recently made their public debut at TVAL’s Remembrance Day Air Show in New […]
Retracing the route taken by famed aviatrix Jean Batten when she made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand during October 1936, Airscapade‘s Douglas DC-3C N451ZS arrived in Auckland, New Zealand following a […]
Piper L-4 Grasshopper 12965 (EC-AJY) made its first post-restoration flight recently at Cuatro Vientos, near Madrid, Spain. The plane is operated by the Fundación Infante de Orleans (FIO), and the restoration project was started in […]
Messerschmitt Bf 109E-l (initially registered as 5+88, later as C4K-65), is being restored to flyable condition by MeierMotors in Bremgarten, Germany. This extremely rare machine is a survivor of the 1938-39 Spanish Civil War at […]
After a four year restoration by Stockholm, Sweden based owner Joakim Westh, Klemm KI 35 SE-AKN returned to the skies recently, painted in the colors of the Swedish Air Force. Minor teething pains from the […]
Hangar 11‘s Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk G-KITT has been wearing a “Red Tail” paint scheme since 2009 when it was repainted for its featured role in George Lucas’ movie “Red Tails“, released in 2012 which dramatized […]
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