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“Misty” Pilots Help Dedicate Museum’s Newly Restored F-100F Super Sabre in “Hands on the Plane” Ceremony

November 6, 2014 WarbirdsNews 3

PRESS RELEASE — Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, “Misty” pilots reunited on October 30, 2014 at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor on Ford Island, Honolulu, Hawaii. The day included a tour of […]

F-104 Starfighter Veterans on the Ongena Touch-Roll-Touch Maneuver

August 14, 2013 WarbirdsNews 19

You’ve probably seen this video before, Legendary Belgian Air Force Silvers Aerobatic Team member, William “Bill” Ongena performing a touch-roll-touch in a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter, a plane that was infamously difficult to control at lower […]

Warbird Restorations

C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Flies!

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 [...]

Original WWI-era Nieuport 28C-1 Returns to Flight
Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 164
F4U-1D Corsair Makes First Post-Restoration Flight!
C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ – Fundraiser