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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Two years ago we published a fascinating report HERE from our good friend John Parker at Warbirds Online detailing progress on not one, but three Lockheed P-38 Lightnings currently under restoration at Historical Aircraft Restorations Ltd., […]
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