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The British Imperial War Museums (IWM) held a free admission day at their Duxford Airfield branch in Cambridgeshire, England which saw large crowds in attendance to commemorate Armistice Day. Visitors had the opportunity to see […]
Following an exhaustive nine-year restoration, the combat-veteran Douglas A-26C Invader 43-22499 “Reida Rae” was unveiled to much fanfare at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, beautifully polished and sporting her vanishingly-rare early-style […]
After 6 months of meticulous restoration the KB-50J is now fully restored and ready to be displayed at Pima Air and Space museum. The Boeing B-50 Superfortress strategic bomber was a post–World War II revision […]
A Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero fighter belonging to the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California was recently packed into shipping containers destined for the land of its birth, Japan. This is the third time […]
Despite uncooperative weather, the Vintage Wings of Canada’s annual Wings Over Gatineau-Ottawa Airshow held recently was a tremendous success, attracting more than 32,000 attendees to Ottawa-Gatineau Executive Airport in Gatineau, QC, Canada. Several participating groups […]
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 […]
A Swedish Air Force Historic Flight (SwAFHF) Saab AJS 37 Viggen, SE-DXN/37098, made its UK debut at the Jersey International Air Display. The Mach Two-capable jet fighter had made its first flight in over 15 […]
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 […]
Former HBO Films president Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment has announced that they are turning the story of the Flying Tigers into a ten-hour TV miniseries. The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Chinese Air […]
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