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Canada Aviation and Space Museum Receives de Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo
Over the past year, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum has been making room for the acquisition of the de Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo with tail number 452 from the Royal Canadian Air Force...
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The American Heritage Museum’s Stuka Project
By Adam Estes Despite being one of the most infamous dive bombers of World War II, the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka is now one of the rarest aircraft of that era. While only two examples survived the war intact...
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Recreating History For The Fagen Fighters P-47 Thunderbolt
by Chad Hill Through my design studio, Django Studios, I have worked with the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum designing T-shirts for their gift shop for a few years now, so when it popped up on Facebook...
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Cadet Air Corps Museum AT-10 Restoration – Fall 2023 Report
Periodically, we have presented reports from Chuck Cravens detailing the restoration of an ultra-rare Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita WWII advanced, multi-engine trainer, however, it has been more than two...
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The Real Story of the B-17 “All American”
By Adam Estes In many books and magazines on the history of WWII, few photographs of the venerable B-17 Flying Fortress are more prominent in the public eye than this striking photo, showing a B-17...
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Jet Demo Teams Added to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 Lineup
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (December 14, 2023) — Several military aircraft demo teams and a unique private jet group have been added to the air show lineup for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh...
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Hump WWII Museum Opens in India
On November 30th a new aviation museum was opened in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India by US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, and Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu. Known as The Hump...
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Castle Air Museum B-17 Honors “Treble Four”
by Adam Estes By now, many readers may be familiar with the work that was recently done by a dedicated group of volunteers on B-17G 43-38635 at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California, at the...
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Four Photographers Spend Three Days in 20 Acres of Aviation History
Story Gary Daniels Photography Gary Daniels, Gary Edwards, John Ford, and Craig Swancy John Ford has a unique lifestyle. He keeps his southern California home rented most of the year. That funds his RV...
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Hollywood Bomber Targets Spring 2024 For Airworthiness
By Gary Daniels Vintage Aviation News first reported on the restoration progress of the 1954 Beechcraft E18S-9700 “Super 18” in January 2023. This aircraft is currently under a return-to-flight program...
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Eighth Annual TBM Gathering Set for May 17-18, 2024
The eighth annual TBM Avenger Reunion and Salute to Veterans is on for 2024! This great event, which seems to grow in strength with each iteration will take place at Illinois Valley Regional Airport in...
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Flying Legends Will Not Take Place in 2024
By Stephen Bridgewater The on-off saga of the world-famous Flying Legends airshow continues with the organisers announcing today, December 19, that the event will not take place in 2024. Following a...
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RAF Museum Donates Hastings’ Wing to Canadian Halifax Project
The RAF Museum at Hendon has donated a right-hand outer wing panel from a Handley Page Hastings to the Bomber Command Museum of Canada’s ”Halifax Project.” The donor wing section came from an HP...
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IWM Duxford’s Spies in the Skies: WWII Aerial Reconnaissance
Aerial reconnaissance played a crucial role during WWII, providing valuable intelligence to military commanders on the movements, positions, and intentions of enemy forces. Both Allied and Axis powers...
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The Nature of WWI Aircraft – Javier Arango & Philip Makanna
The Nature of WWI Aircraft – Javier Arango & Philip Makanna Review by Richard Mallory Allnutt A magnificent new book has arrived which will prove essential reading for anyone interested in WWI...
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Tim Savage Acquires Historic Western Airlines DC-3
Tim Savage, warbird collector and long-time publisher of Warbird Digest, has acquired Douglas DC-3 NC33644, intending to fly the airplane to Europe in May 2024 as part of the D-Day Squadron to...
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CAF A-26B Invader Night Mission Update
By Gary Daniels and Zac Yates The A-26B (s/n41-39427/N240P) is the namesake for the Commemorative Air Force A-26 Invader Squadron, which was formed in February 2009 to restore the aircraft to flying...
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Christmas During WWII
by Kaitlyn Crain Enriquez – National Archives In honor of the holiday season, the Unwritten Record of the National Archived presented Navy, Army, Marine, and Air Force (AAF) photographs that highlight...
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Christmas With The Mighty Eighth
Christmas in the 8th Air Force during World War II would have been a mix of both challenges and attempts to bring some holiday cheer to the servicemen stationed in Europe. The 8th Air Force, part of...
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Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum to Return to El Toro
By Adam Estes While there are many museums dedicated to the history of military aviation across the United States, only one, the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum based at Marine Corps Air Station...
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