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Soviets flew captured F-5 against the MiG-21; F-5 was the winner

Posted on June 12, 2017June 11, 2017 by alert5

Temora Aviation Museum restoring Canberra and Vampire back to flying status

Posted on June 8, 2017 by alert5

The Temora Aviation Museum in Australia will restore its English Electric Canberra TT.18 WJ680 and de Havilland Vampire T.35 A79-617 back to flying condition.

By Jeff Gilbert – JGPhotographics.com [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

A6M Zero piloted by Japanese flew over Tokyo Bay

Posted on June 5, 2017June 5, 2017 by alert5

One of the highlights of the Red Bull Air Race 2017 in Tokyo was the appearance of a Mitsubishi Zero warbird flown by a Japanese pilot.

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This Boeing C-97 will soon fly again

Posted on April 15, 2017 by alert5

This Boeing C-97 owned by the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation (BAHF) will soon be back in the air again. Greg Morehead from Warbird News has the full report. Link below.

By Ad Meskens (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

First Japanese to fly Zero in America after WW2

Posted on April 13, 2017 by alert5

A Japanese civilian flight instructor has flown the Mitsubishi A6M3 at Chino airport on Apr. 11. He could be the first person from Japan to fly the legendary warbird in America after World War 2.