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Oshkosh, WI — Vintage aircraft with radial engines will have a special focus as the Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) is hosting the Round-Engine Rodeo on Monday, July 29 through Saturday, Aug. 2, during EAA AirVenture 2013. Vintage aircraft owners are invited to the
Oshkosh, WI — The world’s only flying prototype of a Fairey Gannet T5, Janet the Gannet, will be flying to EAA AirVenture on opening day Monday, July 29. It will be on display at Phillips 66 Plaza throughout the rest
This morning at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, staff, volunteers and invited guests gathered to celebrate the culmination of 16 years’ work as our newly-restored P-40 Kittyhawk was officially ‘unveiled’. Over 20,000 man-hours have gone into the
Washington DC, USA — The National Air and Space Museum presents a series of concerts in the Museum in Washington, DC. Presented by various ensembles from renowned military bands, the concerts will feature vocal and instrumental selections from a variety
Seattle WA — Seattle Museum of Flight – On June 22 there will be a vintage warplane fly-in associated with a lecture examining the transfer of American warplanes to the Soviet Union via the Lend-Lease program during World War II.
YPSILANTI TWP. MI — Rosie the Riveter returned to her factory over the weekend, just a few months before it’s likely to be demolished. The former Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti Township — built by Henry Ford to
SAN DIEGO, CA — Summer is here and The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum is giving you the opportunity to feel like a real pilot during their annual Open Cockpit Days. Bring the little ones — big kids are welcome too
The state of Connecticut is looking to ground North Carolina’s claim of ‘First in Flight.’ State leaders there are trying to recognize Gustave Whitehead as the man who first went airborne. Whitehead was a German immigrant, he built engine-powered machines
PALM SPRINGS, CA — The Palm Springs Air Museum is trying to raise funds to rescue a Vietnam War-era fighter-bomber headed for the scrap heap. Meanwhile, the coveted Republic F-105 Thunderchief awaits its fate at Lackland Air Force Base
Experts have begun the delicate task of cleaning barnacles and silt from a rare German Second World War Dornier 17 bomber which has been at the bottom of the sea for more than 70 years. Conservation staff at the RAF
News, Weather and Classifieds for Southern New England NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – Scattered around the Quonset Air Museum in North Kingstown are pieces of former U.S. Navy pilot Joe Zebrowski’s past. The 85-year-old man traveled nearly 3,000 miles
A German World War II bomber has been raised from the bottom of the English Channel. The Dornier Do-17 aircraft was shot down off the Kent coast more than 70 years ago during the Battle of Britain. Believed to
The Yankee Air Museum and its partner, the Michigan Aerospace Foundation, are on a mission to save a cornerstone of the Arsenal of Democracy. The historic bomber plant at Willow Run Airport, which turned out more than 8,700 B-24
One of Four Surviving World War II Veterans of “Doolittle Tokyo Raid” to Speak at Museum June 15 Lt. Col. Ed Saylor will talk about historic 1942 bombing mission over Tokyo Seattle, WA — Lt. Col. Ed Saylor is