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Military Aviation Museum SBD-5 Dauntless – Restoration Update – January, 2023

January 25, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in early 2021, we reported that the Military Aviation Museum (MAM) had just acquired Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless Bu.36175 from the National Naval Aviation Museum, along with a significant cache of relevant parts from collector/restorer […]

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WWII Veteran Takes to The Air in SBD Dive Bomber 80 Years Later

September 29, 2022 Vintage Aviation News 0

PRESS RELEASE PEACHTREE CITY, GA (Sept. 28, 2022) – WWII Veteran Dick Miralles slid into the gunner’s seat of the SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber almost as easily as he did 80 years ago in the […]

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Air Zoo to Celebrate Completion of SBD-2P Dauntless Restoration

October 14, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Back in June, we reported that the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan was working hard to  complete the static restoration of a unique Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless. They needed to have the aircraft […]

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Air Zoo to Complete Unique Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless Restoration

August 2, 2021 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

Douglas Dauntless SBD-1 BuNo. 1612, the sole surviving example of its variant, was expected to arrive at the Air Zoo’s Flight Discovery Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan today, August 2nd, 2021. The museum’s highly respected restoration team will complete […]

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Air Zoo Achieves Major Milestone in SBD-2P & F-117 Nighthawk Restorations

June 18, 2021 Vintage Aviation News 0

Back in April, we reported that the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan had launched a massive fundraising competition to complete the restorations of Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless Bu.2173 and F-117A Nighthawk Shaba (85-0817) before the […]

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Air Zoo Launches Restoration Fundraising Campaign for SBD and F-117 Projects

April 22, 2021 Vintage Aviation News 0

Excitement is building at the Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as the museum announces a fundraising competition to complete the restoration of their Douglas SBD-2P Dauntless (Bu.02173) and recently-arrived F-117A Nighthawk (85-0817) […]

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Paul G. Allen Expedition Discovers the Sunken USS Lexington and Her Aircraft

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Those of us interested in military history, and most particularly the naval battles of WWII, watched in awe on Monday when images of the sunken aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV 2) and a number her […]

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The SBD Dauntless and the Battle of Midway Come to Living Aviation History

November 13, 2017 Vintage Aviation News 0

The SBD Dauntless and its crucial role in the Battle of Midway will be featured Nov. 18 at this month’s Living Aviation History Days program, a series presented by the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie […]

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Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Commemorates 75th Anniversary of Battle of Midway

May 10, 2017 Vintage Aviation News 0

On June 4 – 7, 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. During the Battle of […]

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CAF Fighters & Bombers Tour to Visit Greenville, S.C

April 30, 2017 Vintage Aviation News 2

Three iconic World War II aircraft will bring history alive May 6-7 at the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), Airport Rd Ext., Greenville, S.C.  The Minnesota Wing and the Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air Force […]

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by Richard Mallory Allnutt The team at Fagen Fighters Restoration never seems to slow down. With the airworthy resurrection of Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver BuNo.83393 fast approaching its conclusion, another WWII-era U.S. Navy warbird project may […]

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by Richard Mallory Allnutt The team at Fagen Fighters Restoration never seems to slow down. With the airworthy resurrection of Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver BuNo.83393 fast approaching its conclusion, another WWII-era U.S. Navy warbird project may [...]
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