PRESS RELEASE After two years of dedicated restoration work, Fairchild PT-19A, serial number 42-83511, took to the skies again at Atlanta Regional Airport – Falcon Field, in Peachtree City, Ga., on Jan.18, 2024. “This historic […]
Category: Warbird Restorations
NMUSAF’s Storch Restoration Update
By Courtney Hale Caillouet At the close of 2023, the National Museum of the United States Air Force announced they would begin the restoration of their Fieseler Fi-156C-2 “Storch”; construction number 4389. Storch is German […]
NMUSAF’s Storch Restoration Update
By Courtney Hale Caillouet At the close of 2023, the National Museum of the United States Air Force announced they would begin the restoration of their Fieseler Fi-156C-2 “Storch”; construction number 4389. Storch is German […]
Air Combat Museum’s P-40N Restoration Update
By George Land The Air Combat Museum in Springfield, Illinois, is restoring a Curtiss P-40N Warhawk which is expected to fly late in 2024. It has been configured as a TP-40N with full dual controls […]
Air Combat Museum’s P-40N Restoration Update
By George Land The Air Combat Museum in Springfield, Illinois, is restoring a Curtiss P-40N Warhawk which is expected to fly late in 2024. It has been configured as a TP-40N with full dual controls […]
Planes of Fame’s B-17G Flying Fortress Restoration Report
When visitors to the Planes of Fame Air Museum make the turn to arrive in the museum’s parking lot, they are met by the site of one of the most iconic bombers of WWII, a […]
Planes of Fame’s B-17G Flying Fortress Restoration Report
When visitors to the Planes of Fame Air Museum make the turn to arrive in the museum’s parking lot, they are met by the site of one of the most iconic bombers of WWII, a […]
Pima Air and Space Museum R5O Restoration Update
By Casey Asher The Pima Air and Space Museum is preparing to roll out a long-awaited addition, their newly restored Lockheed R5O-5 Lodestar, for display in their outdoor collection. The Lockheed Model 18 airliner was […]
Pima Air and Space Museum R5O Restoration Update
By Casey Asher The Pima Air and Space Museum is preparing to roll out a long-awaited addition, their newly restored Lockheed R5O-5 Lodestar, for display in their outdoor collection. The Lockheed Model 18 airliner was […]
Harvard Restoration at Newark Air Museum Forging Ahead
By Zac Yates The restoration of a Canadian-built North American Harvard at Newark Air Museum (NAM) near Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, England, has recently focused on preparing to refit the restored nose cowlings to the fuselage. […]