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2023-10-28

[Vintage Aviation News] October Newsletter

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OCTOBER 2023

WARBIRD NEWS - RESTORATIONS - MUSEUMS - VINTAGE - ARTICLES- CALENDAR

Warbird Restorations

Hawker Tempest Mk.II First Flight!

The world finally has a flying Hawker Tempest! Pete Kynsey made the maiden post-restoration flight in Tempest Mk.II MW763 today (October 10, 2023) at Sywell Aerodrome in Northhamptonshire, England following the airframe's extensive rebuild with Anglia Aircraft Restoration Ltd . Read more...

Warbird Restoration

Fagen Fighters SB2C-5 Helldiver – First Engine Runs!

The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum's Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver (BuNo.83393) roared to life outside the museum's workshop in Granite Falls, Minnesota yesterday, performing its first engine runs in nearly 80 years and marking yet another major milestone in the airframe's resurrection.
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Warbird News

The Liberty Foundation Adds B-25 "Executive Sweet" To Its Collection

The Liberty Foundation has announced the acquisition of the famous B-25 "Executive Sweet" from the American Aeronautical Foundation (AAF). This news has been kept fairly under wraps, as the foundation has worked to get the aircraft ready to tour in 2024.
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Vintage News

"Awakening of the Myth" – Fiat AS.6 Engine of Macchi-Castoldi Fame Roars to Life!

On Sunday, October 22, 2023 another major event took place in Italy to commemorate Italy's proud aviation heritage – this being the resurrection of an ultra-rare Fiat AS.6 engine. .
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Restoration Spotlight

Rare 'Tommy Morse' Flies

A rare Great War era American fighter, the Thomas Morse S4C Scout 38898, N3307T, has taken to the air once again in the hands of Andrew King at the 2023 Ala Doble fly-in, on 28 September 2023. Our reporter, Nigel Hitchman, was there and brought us the full story. Read more...

Vintage News

Ala Doble's Vintage Aviation Invitational, 2023

Walt Bowe again invited people to come to his airstrip in northern California for his fabulous flying event at the end of September. With around 40 vintage aircraft from Walt and Carlene's collection based there and several interesting visitors it was a great event.
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Vintage News

Lufthansa's Lockheed Starliner Moves to Hamburg

We often receive questions regarding what happened to Lockheed L-1649A Starliner N7361C, which Lufthansa spent vast sums restoring for airworthy use, only to cancel the project at the last hurdle. Almost five years ago, Lufthansa announced the end of its Super Star project.
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Aviation Museum News

Historic Wendover Airfield Museum, a Step Back in Time

Situated less than a mile from Wendover, Utah along the Nevada border, the original Wendover Air Force Base was where the Enola Gay crew trained for their mission to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the second World War.
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Air Hsow News

IWM Duxford – Fifty Not Out

As the Bearcat and ISS Fury tail-chased around Duxford airfield, showing the ultimate piston-powered fighters' power and grace, the P-47 Thunderbolt and FG1D Corsair wheeled around performing elegant aerobatics. It could have been 1988, but it wasn't. It was October 14, 2023, and the Imperial War Museum (IWM) Duxford was celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first airshow, on the same date in 1973..
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