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Last Flight for NASA’s SOFIA Boeing 747SP Aerial Observatory

December 13, 2022 Vintage Aviation News 2

We wanted to thank the remarkable Nicholas A. Veronico for the following piece. In addition to being a fabulous researcher and well known aviation writer, Veronico has had a long association with SOFIA, working with […]

NASA’s Retired Boeing 747SP ‘SOFIA’ to Join Pima Air & Space Museum

December 8, 2022 Vintage Aviation News 0

PRESS RELEASE NASA’s now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft will find a permanent home in the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. The airplane is expected to make its final flight […]

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Highly Authentic Harvard Flies in New Zealand

Bevan Dewes’ immaculately restored, former Royal New Zealand Air Force Harvard Mk.IIa (NZ1044) landed at its new home in Masterton, New Zealand on March 19th, 2023 following a three-year rebuild effort with Twenty24 Ltd, at Wanaka. [...]

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