by Richard Mallory Allnutt The island of Malta suffered terribly during the first three years of WWII, its people withstanding an almost impenetrable maritime blockade and near constant aerial attack from Axis forces trying to […]
By James Church On Tuesday, November 16th, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 Wr. Nr. 410077 passed a major milestone in its decade-long restoration at Michael Vadeboncoeur’s Midwest Aero Restorations Ltd. in Danville, Illinois. The fighter’s newly-rebuilt Daimler Benz DB […]
The Spirit of Flight Foundation recently announced a program to help the organization complete the construction of their new museum facility at Nampa Municipal Airport in Nampa, Idaho. Anyone who donates $25 or more towards […]
By Luigino Caliaro English adaptation Stephen Chapis This May 20th marks the fifth anniversary of the first flight in U.S. soil of the Military Aviation Museum’s (MAM) Messerschmitt Bf-109G-4, WkNr 19257, just prior to the […]
Hispano HA-1112-M1L Buchon C.4K-152 made her first post-restoration flight yesterday afternoon, less than a year after her refurbishment began with Air Leasing at Sywell Aerodrome near Northampton, England. Air Leasing’s principal, Richard Grace, was at […]
Some remarkable photographs emerged today of the recovery of a well preserved Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2 from a lake in Russia this past June. The identity for this particular aircraft has not been publicly released so […]
One of the aerial stars from last year’s Oscar-nominated, block-buster movie ‘Dunkirk’ will be performing at the world famous Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow in Wanaka, New Zealand between March 30th and April 1st this year. The […]
The Luftfahrt Technisches Museum (Aviation Technical Museum) in Rechlin, Germany unveiled a ‘Messerschmitt Bf 109’ in a new display during late March. As many readers will know, Rechlin was the Luftwaffe’s primary flight testing facility […]
Jerry Yagen’ Military Aviation Museum in Pungo, Virginia received their ‘Messerschmitt Bf-109G-4’ today. Actually based upon the airframe of a Spanish-built Hispano Buchon C.4K-64 variant, the aircraft has been carefully modified to represent a Bf-109G-5 with the appropriate Daimler-Benz […]
In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence. As members of “Machal” – volunteers from abroad – this ragtag band of brothers not only […]
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