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P-38 Lightning Demo/Hangar Talk at Planes of Fame Air Museum on April 1st

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This Saturday, April 1st the Planes of Fame Air Museum will fly another of their most popular aircraft – the crowd-thrilling Lockheed P-38J Lightning, s/n 44-23314. Please don’t worry… this is not an “April Fools” joke! […]

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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The XP-38 Lightning

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by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 27, 1939, First Lieutenant Benjamin Scovill Kelsey, Air Corps, United States Army, made the first flight of the prototype Lockheed XP-38 Lightning, serial number […]

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Fagen Fighters’ Photo Mission

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Fagen Fighters WWII Museum hosted Scott Slocum’s AeroMedia Group this past weekend, which was packed with flying and aerial photography. Everyone at the museum expressed how much they appreciated the time and talent Slocum and his crew gave […]

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Fagen Fighters’ P-38 Lightning Makes First Flight Since 2018

June 14, 2021 Vintage Aviation News 0

Following a particularly in-depth inspection, Fagen Fighters WWII Museum flew their Lockheed P-38L Lightning Scatt III on June 9th; the first flight the aircraft has made since 2018. In addition to the P-38, the museum’s P-51D Sweet […]

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Live Demonstration Flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning at Planes of Fame

June 3, 2021 Vintage Aviation News 0

This Saturday, June 5, 2021 the Planes of Fame Air Museum will be hosting a Flying Demo with the flight of the Museum’s Lockheed P-38 “Lightning” fighter. The event begins at 11:45am with a brief […]

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Lightnings Downunder – P-38 Restoration Report

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Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline recently visited Historical Aircraft Restoration Ltd’s workshop in Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia. The workshop sits inside one of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society’s hangars and is run […]

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P-38 Lightning’s Restoration Update

November 9, 2020 Vintage Aviation News 1

It has been a while since we have reported about the three Lockheed P-38 Lightnings currently under restoration in Australia. Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline recently visited Historical Aircraft Restorations Ltd.’s workshop in Albion […]

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2018: Warbird Year In Review

December 27, 2018 Vintage Aviation News 0

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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FOUND! Lost Squadron P-38 Piloted by Lt. Col. Robert Wilson

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Ever since the adventures of Pat Epps, Richard Taylor and the Greenland Expeditionary Society in recovering Lockheed P-38F Lightning 41-7630 from under 260 feet of ice in Greenland during the 1980s and early 90s, there […]

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Planes of Fame Air Show – May 5-6, 2018

March 13, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 1

The Planes of Fame Air Museum will be hosting their annual air show over the weekend of May 5-6, 2018 at their home base in Chino, California. One of the finest flying museums in the […]

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