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  • Heinkel progressing well in Sweden

    Created: Tuesday, 22 January 2013 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    In a workshop at Falkenberg, on the west coast of Sweden, restoration of a Heinkel He 111H-3 is moving ahead, with the nose section currently being fitted-out. The rare machine was recovered from the shore of Lake Sitasjaure in the far north of the coun...

  • Judy comes back to life

    Created: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    On December 1, 2012, at Chino, California, the Planes of Fame (POF) Yokosuka D4Y Suisei Judy s/n 7483 made its first public engine runs at the monthly POF living history day, entitled Japanese Combat Aircraft. The former Imperial Japanese Navy dive-bom...

  • Restoration for Thompson Trophy winner

    Created: Tuesday, 08 January 2013 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    At Windsor Locks, Connecticut, the New England Air Museum’s North American P-51D Mustang, N13Y, has been moved out of storage and into the 11,200ft2 restoration hangar, where crew chief Pete McConnell and his team are now putting the historic machine ...

  • Tempest to fly in Texas

    Created: Friday, 28 December 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    Hawker Tempest II MW404 arrived at Hooks Memorial Airport near Houston, Texas, for new owner Chris Miller in October, following its export from the UK, and will be restored to airworthy condition over the next five years or so, reports Richard Mallory A...

  • Wildcat raised from Lake Michigan

    Created: Friday, 28 December 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    A tattered, but substantially complete Grumman Wildcat emerged from Lake Michigan in Waukegan, Illinois, on Friday, December 7, reports Richard Mallory Allnutt. The General Motors-constructed FM-2, BuNo57039, ditched in the icy waters almost exactly 68...

  • Arrivals and departures at RAFM

    Created: Friday, 28 December 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    The RAF Museum’s Hanriot H.D.1 and Farman F.40 were due to depart from the UK for a new owner in New Zealand in late December, after being traded for the Sopwith Snipe, Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 and Albatros D.Va reproductions built by the Vintage ...

  • Another Biggin Spitfire to fly

    Created: Friday, 28 December 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    Supermarine Spitfire XVI RW382 is due to make its first post restoration flight from Biggin Hill early in the New Year, having had its Merlin engine run up for the first time on November 30.  The machine, which will be based with the Biggin Hill H...

  • Restoration at last for Swiblo 109

    Created: Monday, 24 December 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    Twenty-two years after it was raised from the chilly depths of Lake Swiblo, on the Russian/Estonian border, a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 recently arrived at the workshops of Midwest Aero, at Danville, Illinois, for restoration to flying condition. The figh...

  • Swiss fighter-bomber to fly

    Created: Tuesday, 18 December 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    The latest arrival at the Meier Motors hangar in Bremgarten, south-west Germany is an EKW C-3603 fighter-bomber, which will be put back into flying condition.  Built in 1944 to a 1939 design, the aircraft, C-547/HB-RBI, was one of 150 of these His...

  • Black Arrows Hunter completed

    Created: Tuesday, 11 December 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    The Hawker Hunter which led the 111 Sqn Black Arrows aerobatic display team during the world record 22 aeroplane loop at the 1958 Farnborough Air Show was put back into its overall gloss black scheme at the Wattisham Airfield Museum at the end of Octobe...

  • RAF BBMF Spitfire XVI flies

    Created: Tuesday, 04 December 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    Supermarine Spitfire XVI TE311 made its first flight for 58 years at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, on the afternoon of October 29. The fighter has been rebuilt to airworthy standard by the dedicated engineers on the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight ...

  • Three more First War reproductions fly in New Zealand

    Created: Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    The second airworthy Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b and R.E.8 reproductions to emerge from The Vintage Aviator Ltd’s (TVAL) factory in Wellington, New Zealand, made their public debut at TVAL’s Remembrance Day Air Show, held at Hood Aerodrome, Master...

  • A hangar at last for Jet Age Museum

    Created: Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    At the Meteor Business Park on the north side of Gloucester Staverton Airport, the outer shell of the Jet Age Museum’s 11,625ft² display hangar was nearing completion in mid-November. Once it has been fitted out, it is hoped that the building will be...

  • POF Zero back to Japan

    Created: Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero was packed into a shipping container crate at Chino, California, on October 30 for the journey to Japan, where it will be displayed close to Yoyogi Parade Ground in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, the site ...

  • More IWM exhibits leave Lambeth

    Created: Tuesday, 27 November 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    The Imperial War Museum held a free admission day at Duxford on November 11, which saw large crowds arrive at the Cambridgeshire airfield to commemorate Armistice Day in the beautiful autumn weather. Visitors had the opportunity to see the latest arriva...

  • Historic A-26 unveiled at NEAM

    Created: Wednesday, 21 November 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    Following a nine-year restoration, combat-veteran Douglas A-26C Invader 43-22499 Reida Rae was unveiled on October 6 at the New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA. The machine flew operations with the 416th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Fo...

  • VWOC draws the crowds

    Created: Wednesday, 14 November 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    Despite inclement weather, the Vintage Wings of Canada’s annual Wings Over Gatineau show on September 15-16 was a spectacular success, attracting more than 32,000 visitors to Ottawa-Gatineau Executive Airport, Quebec, writes Richard Mallory Allnutt. T...

  • Swedish scoop for Jersey

    Created: Wednesday, 07 November 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight Saab AJS 37 Viggen, SE-DXN/37098, made its UK debut at the Jersey International Air Show on September 12, with Stellan Andersson at the controls. The Mach Two fighter had made its first flight in 15 years on March ...

  • Fw 190 for RAF Museum Cosford

    Created: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    The exodus of exhibits from the Imperial War Museum (IWM) at South Lambeth was gathering pace in mid-October, as preparations for the construction of the First World War centenary displays at the museum’s London base get underway. By October 18, Sopw...

  • R.R. Griffon Spitfire flies: more to follow?

    Created: Tuesday, 30 October 2012 00:00 Author: Jane Hyde
    Following a major overhaul with the Aircraft Restoration Company, Rolls-Royce’s Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX, PS853, flew at Duxford on October 9 with John Romain at the controls. Since arriving at Duxford from its home at East Midlands Airport on Sep...