Another EAA AirVenture Oshkosh has come and gone, and numerous awards for fine quality warbird restorations flying in to participate were taken home by pilots, owners, and mechanics alike.  We have compiled the list of awards below.

Preservation Award
Lewis Shaw, Dallas, TX, North American P-51 Mustang, N6168C

Preservation Award
John O Connor, Downers Grove, IL, North American P-51D Mustang, N151MC

Preservation Award
Charlie Grott, Jim Johnson, Pat Devine & Bob Vasquez, St. Charles, MO, Aeronca L-16A Grasshopper, N1143V

Preservation Award
Timothy McDonald, Niceville, FL, North American AT-6G Texan, N92778

Preservation Award
William L. Greene, Groveland, IL, North American T-6G Texan, N3172G

Judges’ Choice: SNJ
Open Cockpit LLC, New York, NY, North American SNJ-5, N3259G

Judges’ Choice: T28
Malte Lorenz, Islip, NY, North American T-28B Trojan, N128BS

Judges’ Choice: Primary Trainer
Mark Howard, Edmond, OK, Fairchild PT-26A Cornell, N9279H

Judges’ Choice: L-19
Stephen Frushour, Storm Lake, IA, Cessna L-19 Bird Dog, N140R

Judges’ Choice: CJ-6
Ron Lee, Palos Verdes Estates, CA, Nanchang CJ-6A, N250RL

Judges’ Choice: Yak 52
Ed Noel, Houston, TX, Yakovlev Yak-52, N713YK

Judges’ Choice: L-Bird
Joseph J. Miller & Tim Trimble, York, PA, Aeronca L-3B Grasshopper, N39563

Judges’ Choice: T-6
Nathan Davis, Tipton, IN, North American AT-6D Texan, N43826

Best T-6
A & M Flight, Eden Prairie, MN, North American T-6 Texan, N85696
Silver Wrench: Gary Allan, Seattle, WA

Best Yak 52/CJ-6
Dave Jester, Pensacola, FL, Yakelov Yak-52 TD, N152TD
Silver Wrench: Dave Jester, Elmore, AL

Best Primary Trainer
Commemorative Air Force - Wisconsin Wing, Waukesha, WI, Fairchild PT-26 Cornell, N103JC
Silver Wrench: Joe and Mark Denest, Westchester, PA

Best O/L-Bird
Duncan Cameron, Lebanon, TN, Consolidated Vultee OY-1 Sentinel, N452WB
Silver Wrench: Duncan Cameron, Lebanon, TN

Best Military Classic
Lil’ Dawg Aviation Inc, Huntsville, AL, Hiller OH-23D Raven, N2770
Silver Wrench: Pat Pockrus, Mineral Wells, TX
Silver Wrench: Bob Tumlin, Oxford, MO

Best T-34
George Frey, Fredrick, MD, Beechcraft T-34B Mentor, N5QN
Silver Wrench: Blackwell Aviation, Belle Vernon, PA

Best Jet
Stewart Fred, Houston, TX, Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatross, N626SF
Silver Wrench: Worldwide Warbirds, Phoenix, AZ

Best P-51
JTS Historical Aviation Foundation, Seattle, WA, North American P-51B Mustang, N5087F
Silver Wrench: Pacific Fighters, Idaho Falls, ID

Best Fighter
Rod Lewis, San Antonio, TX, Supermarine Spitfire MK VB, N628BL
Silver Wrench: Warren Denholm, AVSPECS, Auckland, NZ

Returning Best of Class
Frank Vranicar, Corona Del Mar, CA, Cessna L-19A Bird Dog, N5199G

Returning Grand Champion
Randy Maiville, Onondaga, MI, Cessna O-1G Bird Dog, N16886

Phoenix Award
JTS Historical Aviation Foundation, Seattle, WA, North American P-51B Mustang, N5087F

Dirty Bird
Barry Hancock, Provo UT, Nanchang CJ-6, N8120L

Reserve Grand Champion World War II
Jack Roush, Old Crow, Livonia, MI, North American P-51B Mustang, N551E
Gold Wrench: Cal Pacific Airmotive, Salinas, CA

Grand Champion World War II
North American P-51D Mustang, NL74190
FTRESC LLC, Happy Jack’s Go Buggy, San Antonio, TX
Gold Wrench: Midwest Aero Restorations Ltd., Danville, IL

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Father’s Day Fly-In Set For Columbia Airport
MyMotherLode.com, CA
Moments later it’ll be the Warbird flybys to be followed by the always popular stock car-airplace race. Other Saturday events will include the RC aircraft …

Snowbirds, Musical Ride at Borden Air Show
Alliston Herald, Canada
The sky will also be full of planes from the past, with Vintage Wings of Canada flying propeller aircraft from the Second World War, including a Spitfire. …

Restored B-17 bomber to be on display in South Dakota
Sioux Falls Argus Leader, SD
The Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will fly the bomber, the Flying Fortress, to Rapid City Regional Airport. The World War II vintage bomber is …

AVCARD and World Fuel Services Present Vintage Aircraft at CBAA 2008
AMTOnline.com, MD
… Museum Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane and you have a unique gathering of special aircraft representing an important part of Canada’s aviation …

War bombers missing parts help wanted
The Northern Scot, UK
It also works closely with an aviation museum at Dumfries. Mr Evans is appealing for help from Moray people in finding missing parts. …

Tomcats In Titusville
Central Florida News 13|, FL
… Air Command Warbird Museum. Inside this hangar, you’ll discover the aircraft the kept America safe along with a treasure trove of aviation history. …

Olympic Air Show brings aviation enthusiasts to town
The Olympian, WA
“We’ve had over 100 members come here, and we’ve been in every aircraft that (Olympic Flight Museum President) Brian Reynolds and the air museum owns. …

Veteran’s Peacetime Mission to Vietnam Reunites Him With Former Foe
Air Force Magazine, VA
… the Phantom is a centerpiece for the new Aviation Heritage Park. Moving and restoring the plane was done with the cooperation of the National Museum of …

World’s largest, oldest aviation museum preserves history
Schriever Air Force Base, CO
The museum is the world’s largest and oldest aviation museum and has more than 17 acres of indoor exhibit space. It has 96 employees and 475 volunteers. …

How to… Make an Airfix diorama
Daily Mail, UK
Commandos scale the cliff face to the left, while overhead a rocket-firing P-51 Mustang provides air support as empty landing craft pull away from the shore …

Roush relishes racing and airplanes
SI.com
A source of pride for years has been his P-51 Mustang, which Roush flies any chance he gets. Even hitting power lines and crashing an experimental aircraft, …

Gathering of Eagles
Maxwell Gunter Dispatch, AL
A P-51 Mustang pilot who flew 68 missions with the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII, Roscoe Brown said GOE is “clearly a teaching experience. …

Air Show to Take Off Saturday
Rexburg Standard Journal, ID
Bagley will fly a World War II era P-51 Mustang and an L-39 Albatross, which is a Czechoslovakian jet trainer that was used to train Communist Bloc pilots …

History invades Narrows Airport
Peninsula Gateway, WA
The aircraft including the iconic North American Aviation P-51 Mustang fighter plane, will be participating in the Collins Foundation’s Wings of Freedom …

Cape May County’s other history: World War II
Cape May County Herald, United States
You know, planes the B-17, the B-24, and the B-25 – which will be flying in for a little visit this August 27 and 28th. A recent distinguished Lecture …

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B-24 Liberator Crew Went Missing In December 1943

aero-news.net: The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced Friday (April 25, 2008) that  the remains of 11 US servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.

Full Article: www.aero-news.net

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Georgian unmanned airplane was shot down on 22nd April 2008 by the Russian Mig 29 Fighter. Russia claims the plane was above their territory.

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Warner Robins, GA, February 29, 2008. –The Museum of Aviation will take possession of a Vietnam-era forward air control aircraft tomorrow known as the OV-10 Bronco. The twin-turbo prop twin-seat short takeoff and landing aircraft was used in combat during the Vietnam War and also saw action flying tactical air control missions in Germany and Korea during the 70s and 80s. It was retired in 1991 and was acquired by the Museum of Aviation from another Museum in Amarillo, Texas. Two airmen from the 653^rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron at Robins Air Force Base helped the Museum disassemble the aircraft and transport it from Texas to Georgia on a flatbed trailer.

A total of 157 OV-10s were produced for the U.S. Air Force from 1967 to 1969 by North American Rockwell. The Bronco’s missions included observation, forward air control, helicopter escort, armed reconnaissance, gunfire spotting, utility and limited ground attack. It was equipped with four machine guns in the fuselage plus 3,600 lbs. of external stores. Adding to its versatility is a rear fuselage compartment with a capacity of 3,200 pounds of cargo, five combat-equipped troops or two litter patients and a medical attendant.

The Museum of Aviation plans to restore the aircraft to its Vietnam-era paint scheme and markings and display it along side other Vietnam-era aircraft in its collection like the UH-1 helicopter gunship, and the O-1E Birddog and O-2A Skymaster forward air control aircraft.

The Museum now has more than 120 aircraft, missiles and cockpits in its collection.

Source: Museum Of Aviation

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It’s official folks!

The Collings Foundation acquired Max Chapman’s North American TP-51C Mustang “Betty Jane” (42-103293) as of last week and the P-51C will be joining the B-17, B-24, and B-25 on tour as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour!

Beginning at the Dallas, TX visit, visitors will be able to view the “little friend” alongside the bombers it defended. Since the aircraft is a full-dual control “T” model, flight training in the aircraft will be offered.

For more details, see http://www.cfdn.org

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Lafayette, LA - After 11 years of restoration, another P-40 Warhawk took to the skies once again on March 1, 2008. P-40N Warhawk 42-104959 was recovered from Finschaffen, Papua-New Guinea in 1974 by d’E.C. Darby & N.M. Armstrong. Comprising only wings and the cockpit section, this P-40 was restored using fuselage sections from 42-105861 and tail surfaces from 42-105526, two P-40s also recovered from PNG. Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation of Chino, CA stored the remains frpm 1974 till at least 1993. Eventually 42-104959 came into possession of John S. Fallis, of Lafayette, LA and he started an ambitious and lengthy restoration of this airframe to airworthy status. It’s great to see another of these venerable warbirds return to the skies that they were made for. The warbird community eagerly looks forward to seeing what scheme this aircraft will be painted in.

Warbird Registry Profile

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The Red Bull P-38 Lightning 44-53254 was rolled out of Ezell Aviation on Dec. 21, 2007 for a photo op. The restoration of this aircraft appears to be nearing completion and the warbird community looks forward to the day when this beautiful aircraft takes to the skies again. This Lightning was previously owned by Marvin L Gardner but was heavily damaged in a landing accident. The ownership of the lightning subsequently moved on to Red Bull, who have been having it completely restored to airworthy condition by Ezell Aviation.

As White Lightnin, 2001 - Photo by: Brian Lockett

FMI: Ezell Aviation; Warbird Registry

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By Matthew Knott

December 08, 2007 12:04am

A RESPECTED pilot with more than 50 years’ experience was killed when his aircraft crashed into Lake Liddell in NSW’s Hunter Valley during a water-bombing exercise.

The death of crop-dusting pilot and warbird enthusiast Colin Pay, 75, of NSW rural town Scone, has stunned the aviation community.

His body was recovered from the wreckage late yesterday afternoon.

Mr Pay’s yellow Air Tractor 802 was performing a water-skimming exercise on Lake Liddell, near the New England Highway northwest of Singleton, at 9.40am when it touched the surface of the lake, flipped over and sank.

FMI: www.news.com.au

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“An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the Texas Air National Guard’s 111th Fighter Squadron flies with a special paint job in honor of the squadron?s 90th anniversary. All the colors and markings have specific meanings, reflecting the unit?s nine-decade history. (Photo courtesy of John Dibbs)”

FMI: http://www.af.mil/news/story_media.asp?id=123076954

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