http://www.antique-airplanes.com/antique-airplanes-blog.html Antique Airplanes Blog tells you about changes and additions to antique-airplanes.com -- where we've found antique airplanes and news about planes we think we should pass on. en-us antique airplanes Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:55:29 GMT Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:55:29 GMT antique-airplanes.com http://www.antique-airplanes.com/the-flying-wing.html I WORKED ON IT, I CUT OUT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND SUPPLIED MOST OF THE INSTRUMENTS, I SEEN IT FLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, ITS GOOD TO SEE IT FLYING AGAIN Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:39:02 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/yak-nose-art-makes-you-smile.html We're been seeing some fun Yak nose art at air shows we've been to. Yaks don't seem quite as exotic at American air shows anymore... there are a fair Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:15:47 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/flying-tigers-wannabe.html OK... OK... it's not an antique airplane, but a Flying Tiger wannabe should be included here, dont you think? When we saw this Xenos painted this way Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:13:25 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/hood-river-flyin.html Since it's our fly-in, we're partial to the Hood River Fly-In. The annual Hood River Fly-In is always the weekend after Labor Day. It's also now known Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:00:18 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/waaam.html WAAAM, the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum, has a nice collection and flying days to show them all off... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:32:40 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/antique-airplanes-at-waaam-in-oregon.html WAAAM is the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum. This is a pretty NEW Museum and boy is it something! Only 3 years old. 2 acres of hangars. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:10:50 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/airports-in-iceland.html We thought the Flugvollur signs that pointed out the airports in Iceland were just plane fun... whether it was a paved strip, a grass strip... or a lava Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:17:29 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/pzl104-wilga-in-estonia.html The PZL-104 Wilga caught our attention as we were driving on Highway 1 in northern Estonia along the Gulf of Finland. We were driving from Tallinn to Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:35:53 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/just-plane-fun.html We have just plane fun when we're traveling to find antique-airplanes. Here we share our stories quickly, and you can share too. Add to the fun! Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:29:31 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/favorite-aviation-museum.html A place to share your favorite aviation museum... whether you're just a visitor or you're affiliated with the museum, we want you to share your finds! Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:50:07 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/your-contributions.html We don't have time to see and write about all the antique airplanes out there, much as we might want to. Please give us your contributions on your favorite planes, museums and air shows. It's easy! Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:06:11 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/le-bourget-air-and-space-museum.html We think Le Bourget Air and Space Museum in Paris is one of the best aviation museums in the world. See its collection of antique airplanes and innovations from the beginning of flight on... Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:17:26 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/zeppelin-eureka.html Dirigibles, Zeppelins... those are aviation names from the past... except you can fly in the airship Zeppelin Eureka today if you visit California... Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:33:08 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/budapest-aviation-museum.html The Budapest Aviation Museum is all indoors and in a big city park, but there are some great antique airplanes to see. Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:07:53 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/airshows-in-england.html If you're planning a trip to England this summer, remember that Duxford has some great summer airshows and events. Their "Flying Legends" air show is July 10 - 11, 2010. Their museum is great anytime. The Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden is also worth a look.... Mon, 31 May 2010 13:13:38 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/duxford.html England's Imperial War Museum Duxford has a great museum and four air shows a year to see antique airplanes. Mon, 31 May 2010 12:59:06 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/watsonville-fly-in.html Remember... New for 2010 the Watsonville Fly-in has been moved from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend September 3-5. Wed, 26 May 2010 12:56:53 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/favorite-antique-airplane.html Let's get interactive... Share your favorite antique airplane with us. It's easy to tell us about it and share a photo to. We'd love to have your help. See how... Thu, 06 May 2010 13:34:12 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/b29.html i picked this aircraft because it had a specific and very important purpose intended for it. It did it's job very well and was a very well thought out Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:03:53 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/b25-bomber.html Personally I love the model and layout of the plane itself. It has amazing flying capabilities and on top of it, it's one of the most recognized bomber Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:04:05 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/sr71-blackbird.html I like this plane because it is the fastest jet in the world. That appeals to me because it is the best at something in a field of many competitiors. There Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:01:33 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/messerschmitt-bf-109.html I am really interested in WW2 aircraft and I always have been. I really love this plane because it was far superior to Allied planes of its time due to Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:59:54 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/p40-warhawk-and-p51-mustang-and-p31-lightning.html i love these airplanes they were the fastest ones of their times. the P-51 Mustang was able to fly 2 feet from the ground. the P-31 Lightening was the Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:57:53 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/nb36h-sr71-blackbird-concorde-and-the-harrier.html I believe we need to find more reliable and renewable sources of power for all of our vehicles Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:56:43 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/blade-400-rc-helicopter.html I like this RC helicopter because its simple to fly but it can be hard at first. Its a great helicopter to have and learn to fly. As you get really good Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:54:55 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/b2-bomber.html the b-2 bomber is one of if not the best bomber there is. it has unique high tech stealth abilities that no other plane has. the U.S. only ordered 22 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:52:53 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/787-dreamliner.html The 787 Dreamliner would be my favorite airplane because of its size. It has a very large comfortable variety of seating and there are tons of seats. This Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:51:10 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/b36.html It was the main airplane used in the cold war. This plane was also used just to one up the soviet union in the cold war. This airplane was also built in Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:48:24 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/air-force-saab-rf35-draken-ar107.html I love the way this plane looks. It flew in the lead on the 21st of December in 1993 out of Karup. It has a very intimidating look. It seems to be shaped Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:44:46 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/2000-quad-city-challenger-ii-cws.html This is my favorite plane because i had a rc toy one when i was little that i played with all the time. I took it every where one day it broke and my grandpal Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:42:58 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/av8b-harrier-2.html i like the harrier jet because its fast an effective bomber and it can hover. the wing span on these jets is 30.3 feet and is 46.3 in length which means Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:39:12 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/b52-bomber.html i like the b52 because it is still in use today and is relyable. and is used in combat still and is a very useful aircraft and serves us well i like this Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:37:08 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/b17.html I love the size of the plane and the reasons we used it in World War II. Bombing missions were its main purpose and they targeted German facilities in Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:30:21 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/pitcarian-pca2-autogiro.html I like this plane because of the way that the rotors spin on top of the plane, it makes it look unique. This plane used large unpowered rotor blades to Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:10:13 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/fokker-d-vii.html because the red barron flew it. the red barron is my favorite pilot. i don't know if it was because he killed the most people or not. but hes my favorite. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:06:59 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/f22-raptor1.html The F-22 Raptor is my favorite airplane because it can be a stealth fighter or be a dog fight aircraft, it is also an air superiority fighter. The F-22 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:04:27 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/f117-nighthawk.html I like this plane because it has a mean look it has sharp lines that give it a unique look and it looks like it would be very fast with its sleek look Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:01:01 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/f22-raptor.html The reason why the F-22 is my favorite plane is because it's really fast and it's the most stealthy fighter plane there is. The weapons are inside the Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:56:59 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/hughes-h1-racer1.html The reason that I like the H-1 is because it set many records at the time including the air speed record. Howard Hughes redesigned this airplane 20 or Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:46:33 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/lockheed-ac130u-spooky-.html I like the ac130 because it is like a wolf in sheeps clothing. It can be docile at times but in the times of warfare it's the enemies worst nightmare Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:23:44 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/balloon-over-dubai-desert.html Floating over the desert in a hot air balloon made our 44th wedding anniversary in Dubai very special to us. We really wanted to do this over Sonoma Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:14:52 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/favorite-flying-story.html The pilots we know love telling flying stories as much as fishermen tell fish stories. Tell us YOUR favorite flying story.... we promise... we'll believe you! Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:06:37 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/about-us.html We love antique airplanes, and if we tell you about us, you'll know why... maybe you'll even want to help us find them! Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:55:06 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/favorite-airshow.html Tell us about your favorite airshow. We cannot do this alone... You can help. We need your tips for seeing antique airplanes, or vintage jets or... just a fun airshow. Here's how... Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:13:35 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/al-ain-airshow.html If you live in Dubai as friends of ours do, the Al Ain Airshow in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi may be the closest one you can get to. Not antique airplanes, but heavy metal and cool cars... Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:41:03 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/went-to-the-al-ain-air-show.html We went to the last day of the Al Ain Air Show and took some photos that we thought you might enjoy. There weren't any really old airplanes that we could Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:53:05 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/watsonville-fly-in.html The Watsonville Fly-in and Airshow in California features antique airplanes and military vintage airplanes... and it's now Labor Day Weekend, the first weekend in September.... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:20:22 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/canadian-air-and-space-museum.html The Canadian Air and Space Museum is practically in downtown Toronto. See original de Havilland Aircraft of Canada building and a growing collection. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:32:26 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/canadian-warplane-heritage-museum.html Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is the only place you'll see a Lancaster bomber in North America. They have a great collection. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:55:56 GMT http://www.antique-airplanes.com/oshkosh-for-rookies.html If visions of airplanes don't start zipping around in your head, then you need to read Oshkosh for rookies.... and find out what it's all about. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:48:48 GMT