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POOR LITTLE LAMBS – The Corsairs of Baa Baa Blacksheep

September 23, 2016 Editor 85

Forty years ago to the day, on September 21st, 1976, the famed TV-series Baa Baa Black Sheep first aired on television in the United States. But FLYING MISFITS, which was the two-hour pilot episode (actually […]

First For The Ninth, The Story of The First Aerial Victory Over a Me 262

November 25, 2015 WarbirdsNews 0

From an original article by Stephen Chapis. On October 2, 1944, 21-year-old Captain Valmore Jay Beaudrault of Milford, New Hampshire became the first Ninth Air Force pilot to score an aerial victory over a […]

Warbird Restorations

C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ Flies!

As many readers are well aware, we have been following the restoration of combat veteran Douglas C-53 Skytrooper 41-20095, better known as Beach City Baby, for some years now. Jason Capra and his band of [...]

Original WWI-era Nieuport 28C-1 Returns to Flight
Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ – Restoration Update 164
F4U-1D Corsair Makes First Post-Restoration Flight!
C-53 Skytrooper ‘Beach City Baby’ – Fundraiser