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Last Hunter Languishes At Swansea
The lonely Hunter awaits its destiny. ( image by Geoff Jones) Geoff Jones reports. This Hawker Hunter T.7 XL612, which was the last Hunter operational with the Royal Air Force, making its last service...
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Uncovering a P-47 Thunderbolt Crashed in Germany During WWII
STARS and STRIPES reported that on Saturday January18th, 2014 a group of 22 volunteers and WWII hobbyists excavated the wreck of an american P-47 Thunderbolt. Alexander Schneider, an amateur...
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The Rathmines PBY 5A Catalina “Our Girl”– From Ebay to Australia
This is how the Catalina looked like when it was acquired in Porto Rico ( image credit RCMPA via Phil Buckley) Phil Buckley reports. So your wanting a PBY Catalina for a memorial display, do you just...
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Macchi C.205 Veltro Crash Site Excavation
A Macchi C.205V equipped with a North Africa dust filter, similar to the one flow by Angelo Zaccaria. On October 12th, 2013 the members of an Italian aeronautical historical research group called...
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Help Save RAF Phantom XV582 ‘Black Mike’ from Scrapping
Crown Copyright WarbirdsNews believes strongly in championing the preservation of vintage aircraft whenever possible, and has learned of a historic RAF McDonnell Douglas Phantom II nicknamed “Black...
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Discovering the Wreck of Avro Anson L7056 on Vancouver Island
Wreckage of Avro Anson Mk.I L7056 at its recently discovered crash site on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. (photo via Allan Scott) WarbirdsNews has been following the discovery of an...
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The Dornier Do 17 One Year Later
PRESS RELEASE- Tuesday 10th June 2014 will mark the first anniversary of the moment the world’s last surviving Dornier Do 17 was successfully lifted from the bottom of the Dover Straits. The breath...
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AD-4 Skyraider (BuNo:128988) Wreck Discovered In Florida
WarbirdsNews recently learned of the discovery in April of the wreck of a long-lost AD-4 Douglas Skyraider in the Florida Everglades. The aircraft was located by the aviation-archeology minded...
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National Park Service to Allow Dives on Lake Mead B-29A
Divers inspect the wreck of the B-29 ( Image provided by Gregg Mikolasek – Director Undersea Voyager Project) WarbirdsNews has learned that the National Parks Service has decided to allow divers to...
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First Production Me-262 Wreck Unearthed in The Netherlands?
Me-262 at the National Museum of the US Air Force. (via wikipedia) Back in October, 2014 members of the Deelen Air Base Museum near Arnhem in the Netherlands discovered the substantial remains of a...
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