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Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for project on remaining American aces

Posted on April 19, 2015April 19, 2015 by alert5

Author Peter Collier and documentary photographer Nick Del Calzo have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for their coffee-table book on America’s remaining fighter aces.

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Prince Harry flies a Spitfire to promote scholorship

Posted on April 6, 2015 by alert5

Boultbee Flight Academy has released a video in which Prince Harry was flying in one of the academy’s Spitfire to help promote the Spitfire Scholarship.

RCAF CF-18 Demo Team’s Battle of Britain paint scheme

Posted on March 28, 2015 by alert5

Photo: RCAF

XI Squadron’s 100th anniversary paint scheme

Posted on March 26, 2015 by alert5

The Royal Air Force’s XI Squadron is marking its 100th anniversary with a special paint scheme for the squadron’s Eurofighter.

Photo: RAF

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Roll out of fully restored first F-8 prototype (XF8U-1) on 60th anniversary of its maiden flight

Posted on March 26, 2015 by alert5

After twenty-years of restoration, the first F-8 prototype (XF8U-1) was roll out from the Museum of Flight’s Restoration Center in Everett, Washington on the 60th anniversary of its first flight.

Photo Museum of Flight

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