Back in November 2019, we published a story about the Commemorative Air Force’s Highland Lakes Squadron having received an incredibly generous gift from one of their supporters, Karl Ritter of Brady, Texas. Ritter donated his Douglas Dakota Mk.IV […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On June 30, 1975, the last operational Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport in service with the United States Air Force, 43-49507, was retired and flown to the […]
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. The United States, United […]
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, the American Airpower Museum’s will resume their Living History Flight Experience program in their WWII Douglas C-47 Skytrain “Second Chance” to celebrate the start of summer and a return to […]
Story and Photos by Gary Daniels The writer of the popular Christmas poem, “T’was The Night Before Christmas,” describes his awe as ‘ol St. Nick descends from the night sky and arrives “with such a […]
December 17, 2020 From an original article by Larry Merritt for Boeing Frontiers Online, adapted by Jason Capra of Vintage Wings. and our staff. 85 years ago today, one of aviation’s best-known and most-loved airplanes […]
PRESS RELEASE – Days shy of flying the Arsenal of Democracy in Washington, D.C., the D-Day Squadron officially launches its well awaited DC-3 Society. Having met each flyover mission, outreach event, airshow performance and display […]
As everybody will know by now, the D-Day Squadron pulled off a remarkable feat this past summer by organizing and executing the safe and successful transatlantic journey of fifteen historic Douglas transports to take part […]
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, Phillips 66® Aviation and Phillips 66® Lubricants are proud to support the “Miss Montana to Normandy” mission to fly a historic C-47 warbird in […]
2018 has been another great year for warbirds, with many significant events and first flights taking place. We at Vintage Aviation Publications through WarbirdsNews.com and Warbird Digest have endeavored to keep our readers informed of […]
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