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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Phantom made ready for memorial display

29th August 2024

A group of veterans in Lena, Illinois, is close to completing the restoration of McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom 68-0450.

Boeing

Mildenhall KC-135 named ‘High Life’ after B-17

29th August 2024

Eighty-one years to the day that Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress ‘High Life’ flew its last mission, a ceremony was held recently at RAF Mildenhall to unveil artwork on a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker based on that worn by the World War Two bomber

Canada

Hawaii Mars arrives at BC Aviation Museum

23rd August 2024

The Martin Mars C-FLYL ‘Hawaii Mars’ water bomber completed its final flight on August 11, 2024, en route to its new home at the British Columbia (BC) Aviation Museum in Victoria.

United States (US)

Vought Corsair biplane completed

23rd August 2024

Fifteen years after construction began, the Grand Prairie, Texas-based Vought Heritage Foundation recently completed a reproduction Vought O3U‑3 Corsair floatplane, a type that originally went into US Navy service in the patrol and observation role during 1932.

FlyPast September 2024

Yorkshire Air Museum ‘Hurricane’ honours French night-fighter hero

22nd August 2024

Elvington’s Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) has repainted its full-scale Hawker Hurricane replica into a night-fighter scheme to honour Lt Col Yves Mahé, a French pilot that served with 253 Squadron.

Aeroplane September 2024

Yak-3 flies to new home

22nd August 2024

Yakovlev Yak-3UA G-OLEG arrived at Wellesbourne Mountford near Stratford-upon-Avon on 19 July, following its acquisition from Leicestershire-based Cirrus Aircraft UK by Andrew Holman West’s Russian Radials.

Aeroplane August 2024

Messerschmitt Bf 110 restoration progressing in Norway

15th August 2024

Forty years after it was salvaged from a crash site near Båtsfjord in Finnmark county, northern Norway, the long-term restoration of Messerschmitt Bf 110 F-2 Werknummer 5096 is progressing at the Flyhistorisk Museum at Stavanger-Sola.

Aeroplane August 2024

B-17 Flying Fortress Yankee Lady changes hands

15th August 2024

On 5 June at Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, the Michigan Flight Museum — known as the Yankee Air Museum before a rebrand in early May — announced the sale of its flagship flight experience aeroplane, Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress 44-85829/N3193G, following 38 years of ownership.

FlyPast September 2024

New arrivals at museums in Poland

15th August 2024

The Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego in Kraków has received former police Mil Mi-8 SN-40XP/A-016 which now sits alongside a PZL Kania, another ex-police helicopter.

FlyPast September 2024

New two-seat Spitfire takes to the air

15th August 2024

Aero Legends’ Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXT MJ444/G-LEGD Lady Luck made a debut post-restoration flight in the hands of John Romain on June 6.

Areroplane September 2024

Debut for privately owned Turbo Firecat

9th August 2024

Conair Turbo Firecat F-AYFT, owned by the Amicale Alençonnaise des Avions Anciens and based at Alençon in northern France, made its first public appearance in the association’s hands in the static park at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on 19-21 July.

Estonia

Junkers Ju 52 located in Gulf of Finland

9th August 2024

The wreck of Junkers Ju 52/3m Wk Nr 5494 Kaleva has been located near the island of Keri, north of Tallinn, Estonia, at a depth of 70m. It was registered OH-ALL in 1936 for Finnish airline Aero Oy.

Avro

BBMF Lancaster crew receives display authorisation

9th August 2024

Good news emanated from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) on August 6, 2024, when it announced that the crew for the Avro Lancaster had received their public display authority (PDA) for this year.

A-18 Super Hornet

New home for first production F/A-18E Super Hornet

9th August 2024

The first production Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet (BuNo 165164 ‘E1’ c/n 1285/E1) was unveiled at the National Museum of Transportation in St Louis, Missouri on August 3, 2024 in a formal dedication ceremony.

Boeing F-15 Family

MiG-25 killer F-15C joins museum

8th August 2024

The New England Air Museum has received a recently-retired US Air Force F-15C Eagle as the 104th Fighter Wing/Massachusetts Air National Guard prepares to transition to the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II.

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