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Grounded Dreams: Bloch MB 135 - The Four-Engine French Bomber Cut Short
6+ hour, 9+ min ago (160+ words) Grounded Dreams: Bloch MB 135 – The Four-Engine French Bomber Cut Short Vintage Aviation News (Image credit: Vintage Aviation News) In the 1930s and 1940s, French aircraft manufacturer Marcel Bloch developed a series of seven aircraft, most of which never entered production. The Bloch…...
National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force to Host Presentation on B-17 Pilot's Final Wartime Mission
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (421+ words) Vintage Aviation News The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Chatham County, Georgia, will continue its Mighty Talk lecture series on August 26 with a presentation exploring the life, service, and final combat mission of a young B-17 pilot who…...
The Man Inside the Missile: Piercarlo Ciacchi and the F-104 Starfighter
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (1480+ words) Few fighter pilots have followed a path as remarkable as Piercarlo Ciacchi's. After flying the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and F-16 in the Italian Air Force, earning a coveted place with Italy's famed Frecce Tricolori aerobatic team, and later returning to the cockpit…...
Randy's Warbird Profiles: Grumman J2F-6 Duck
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (875+ words) In this edition of Randy's Warbird Profiles, we take a closer look at the Grumman J2F-6 Duck, one of the most distinctive amphibious aircraft ever built. From air-sea rescue missions and utility operations during WWII to its postwar civilian career, the…...
RAF Salutes 6th "Bomber Command Day" in Lincoln, England
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1115+ words) The RAF commemorated the 90th anniversary of Bomber Command's formation during the 6th "Bomber Command Day" at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln. Three RAF Typhoons performed a flypast as veterans, military representatives, and families gathered to remember the thousands who…...
Military Vehicle Show Returns to Yorkshire Air Museum on August 30
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (218+ words) Vintage Aviation News The Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, England, will host its Military Vehicle Show on Sunday, Aug. 30, bringing a selection of privately owned military vehicles to the museum near York. The event will feature military cars, trucks, and armored…...
Wingtip of Richard Bong???s P-38???Marge??? Found by Pacific Wrecks, Recovered to Richard Bong Veterans Historical Center
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1737+ words) Wingtip of Richard Bong’s P-38 “Marge” Found by Pacific Wrecks, Recovered to Richard Bong Veterans Historical Center Vintage Aviation News In the spring of 2024, media outlets reported on the discovery of the wreckage of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning ‘Marge’ assigned…...
Historic C-47s "Second Chance" and "Placid Lassie" to Support Take FLIGHT with AVi 2026
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (619+ words) vintageaviationnews.com Aviation Influence, Atlantic City, N.J., will bring two historic Douglas C-47s to its 2026 Take FLIGHT with AVi event, using the aircraft to connect young people and aspiring aviation professionals with the history of military aviation. The C-47 Second Chance, operated by…...
The Hung-Over Heroes of Pearl Harbor
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1306+ words) Vintage Aviation News Sunday, December 7, 1941, began like any other sunny morning at Pearl Harbor. People were starting their normal daily activities. The flag was being raised, and two 2nd lieutenants, Kenneth Taylor and George Welch, were nursing hangovers as they returned…...
Travel For Aircraft Bookshelf - Fairey Fulmar: the Fleet Air Arm's Unlikely Hero by Matthew Willis
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1277+ words) Vintage Aviation News Matthew Willis has written the authoritative book on the woefully underappreciated Fairey Fulmar. The Fulmar’s story also brings readers through the dire history of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA) from just prior to WWII through…...