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Discover the Flying Legends airshow 2017 poster
The next Flying Legends airshow will be held at Duxford, UK, on 8 & 9 July 2017.
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“Jock” Moffat †
John “Jock” Moffat, the Swordfish pilot who crippled the German battleship Bismarck on 26 May 1941, has died at the age of 97. On the day of the attack, Moffat and his crew were able to launch a...
View ArticleVideo: F4U Corsair makes wheels-up landing at Hunter Valley Airshow in Australia
The pilot of Chance-Vought F4U-5N Corsair (registered VH-III) had to make a wheels-up landing during the Hunter Valley Airshow at Maitland Airfield in Australia. Little information is currently...
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Gaël Taburet, last surviving Normandie-Niémen pilot, has passed away
Gaël Taburet, the last surviving Normandie-Niémen pilot, passed away on February 10 in Southern France, aged 97. Born in 1919, Taburet enlisted in the French air force in 1938 and received his pilot’s...
View ArticleCAF Dixie Wing P-63 Kingcobra flies again!
“After more than 40 years since it’s last flight, 16 years of restoration, being effected by the Mississippi River flood of 1993 and countless man hours by the dedicated volunteers of the CAF Dixie...
View ArticleCAF SoCal Wing Yak-3 flies again
After being grounded for 8 years, the Yak-3 of the Commemorative Air Force’s SoCal Wing flew again today. Find out more on the CAF SoCal Wing’s Facebook page or website.
View ArticleSpitfire NH341 performs brief maiden flight
John Romain of the Aircraft Restoration Company flew a short test flight in Aero Legends’ Spitfire LF. IXb NH341 ‘Elizabeth’, which has been converted to a T.9 twin-seater. During this test, a...
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Pilot killed in Nieuport 28 replica crash
A Nieuport 28 replica. (Photo John Davies – CYOW Airport Watch (GNU FDL)) Javier Fernando Arango was killed in the crash of his Nieuport 28 replica last Sunday near Paso Robles, California. Arango,...
View ArticleP-40 Warhawk discovered and salvaged in Ketch Straight
A Soviet Lend-Lease Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was discovered underwater in the Kertch Straight during preparation work for the construction of the Kertch Straight bridge, a road-rail bridge under...
View ArticleAllison-engined Bf 109 of the Erickson Aircraft Collection flies
On April 22, John Romain made the first flight of Bf 109G-10 registered N90602 in Madras, Oregon. It is a Hispano Buchón, re-engined with an Allison engine. The engine cowlings are identical to those...
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A-20 Havoc discovered in Gulf in Finland
A Douglas A-20 Havoc in Soviet AF service. What is presumably a Lend-Lease Douglas A-20 Havoc operated by the Soviet air force during World War Two was discovered in the waters of the Western part of...
View ArticleFirst flight for the Shuttleworth Collection Sopwith Camel
The Sopwith Camel replica built for the Shuttleworth Collection made its maiden flight on 18 May with chief pilot Dodge Bailey at the controls. The aircraft carries the markings of D1851 “Ikanopit”, a...
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Fly Navy Heritage Trust Sea Vixen belly-lands in Yeovilton
Sea Vixen XP924 en vol (Photo David Farquhar (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)) Sea Vixen XP924 of the Fly Navy Heritage Trust made a wheels-up landing in Yeovilton on Saturday 27 May, after developing hydraulics...
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Paul Tibbets IV to fly on B-29 “Doc”
B-29 Doc on its first flight, 11 May 2016. (Photo Amn Erin McClellan (PubDom)) Brigadier General Paul Tibbets IV, the grandson of Brigadier General Paul Tibbets Jr., who flew the B-29 “Enola Gay”...
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Temora Aviation Museum Canberra and Vampire to return to airworthiness
Photo © Temora Aviation Museum From the Temora Aviation Museum’s website: In the biggest news in recent years, the Temora Aviation Museum’s President and Founder, Mr David Lowy AM, has announced, that...
View ArticleFirst flight for Vintage Wings of Canada’s Spitfire Mk IXe
Vintage Wings of Canada’s Spitfire HF Mk.IXe TE294 made its first post-restoration flight on June 7. The aircraft carries the colours and markings of a Spitfire Mk IX from No 442 Squadron of the Royal...
View ArticleFrance: pilot wounded in Spitfire PR.XIX accident
The pilot of Spitfire PR.XIX F-AZJS was wounded today at the Villette-Longuyon airfield in Northern France on 11 June 2017. The aircraft flipped over and its pilot suffered non-life-threatening...
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Spitfire T.9 “Elizabeth” damaged in wheels-up landing
Not a great time for Spitfires. Aero Legends’ Spitfire T.9 NH341 “Elizabeth” was lightly damaged on June d’Aero Legends during a landing in which the undercarriage was not fully locked down....
View ArticleFrance: Morane-Saulnier MS.230 damaged in landing accident
After being caught in a sudden gust of wind during landing, the Morane-Saulnier MS.230 of the Cercle des Machines Volantes association collided with ground installations, damaging the wings, engine,...
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