Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 14, 2025

Initially assigned to the Naval Air Transport Services VR-3 squadron, the aircraft served as a medical and cargo transport through WWII and later supported classified electronic warfare testing with VX-1 before finishing its Navy service with the Naval Air Reserve Training Command in 1959. Navys version of the iconic C-47.

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Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Revenue growth came both in the form of passenger revenue and cargo. BA is acquiring Boeing’s old maintenance hangar at London/Gatwick. Etihad’s Record Profit Etihad Airways established a new record for itself with a cool $476 million in profit in 2024 on $6.9 billion gross revenue, a 25% jump from 2023.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 13, 2025

Both the MiG-21 and Hornet 163508 are now on display in the museum’s Hangar Bay One, but Mongillo’s Hornet, 163502, was stored outdoors on Pensacola’s ramp, awaiting its turn for restoration and display. F/A-18C Hornet BuNo 163502 arrives at the National Naval Aviation Museum, 2019.

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World Airline News

JUNE 6, 2025

Southwest Cargo nearly doubles its Denver footprint to support the airline’s long-term vision DALLAS, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Southwest Airlines Co. “Southwest Cargo is more than moving freight – we are connecting Denver-area businesses to the global economy.” ” Twice the Points! 31, 2025.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JUNE 30, 2025

The company employs more than 400 specialists and operates two hangars with a total of eight bays, serving both narrowbody and widebody aircraft. Positioned near the Polish and Slovak borders, the airport is a key hub for both leisure and cargo traffic and features the country’s longest runway.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 14, 2025

After the flight, the aircraft was towed into a maintenance hangar for some routine maintenance. Obviously that didnt work out, though, when the plane underwent scheduled maintenance between flights, and the precious cargo was discovered.

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Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

” As part of VP-13, DeLorenzos next two years were a mix of patrol missions and frequent long-range cargo and VIP passenger flights no other Navy aircraft could match the combination of its 2,370-mile range, 140mph cruising speed (15mph faster than the PBY Catalina) and passenger comfort. 5 and Guroaitei No.

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Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 2, 2025

Corporate pilots flying private jets and cargo pilots with companies like FedEx or UPS also command strong compensation, often paired with robust benefits. Cargo transport, with companies like FedEx or UPS, provides high-demand roles moving goods worldwide with reliable schedules. These benefits extend well beyond the paycheck.

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Aviation Bussiness News

APRIL 24, 2025

China-based cargo airline, SF Airlines, has awarded a contract to aircraft engineering and MRO services provider, HAECO, to provide C-checks for its Boeing 747 freighter fleet. HAECO Hong Kong has been executing C-checks for SF Airlines fleet of four widebody Boeing 747-400F freighters since September 2024.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 20, 2025

These racks were stripped out when Desert Rat was converted into a cargo transport post-war, and new racks must now be fabricated from scratch. A 1942 Willys Jeeporiginally part of the restoration hangars support equipmentrecently received a replacement Go Devil engine after the original was found to have a cracked block.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 18, 2025

Once Hughes saw the tests for himself, he rented space in a hangar from aircraft broker Charles Babb at the Grand Central Air Terminal in nearby Glendale. He kept the airplane in a hangar at Newark Airport for months before he called Allen G. Hughes H-1 Racer on display disassembled in two separate jigs at the Steven F.

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Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Breguet 761 Deux-Ponts F-WASM, the first prototype, rolled out of one of the hangars at Villacoublay, having been modified to the third tail of a Br 761S. (US At the end of its lease, Silver City Airways returned F-BASL to France, where it was later flown as a cargo transport for the French Air Force ( Arme de lAir ).

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Plane and Pilot

MARCH 2, 2025

Its owned by Lee Smith, 69, who keeps it hangared at Long Island Airpark (NC26), in North Carolina. It takes up most of the Robins original large cargo area. CAN set up operations at several airports across the Carolinas, using vacant hangar space for sorting and weighing donations. and has, in fact, owned Six Zero Zulu twice.

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Flying Magazine

JUNE 19, 2025

Blytheville is one of many rural airports that, pre-9/11, was a fairly accessible place that attracted pilots, hangar flyers, planespotters, and yes, even kids on four-wheelers. Growing up in Arkansas, he literally had an airport in his backyard—Blytheville Municipal Airport (KHKA). One of NICHOLAS AIR’s Gulstream jets sits on the tarmac.

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Aerotime

MARCH 24, 2025

A black plume of smoke can then be seen rising from behind the hangar. He went out towards the hangars. RELATED Five crewmembers dead after Kenyan cargo plane crashes in Somalia The post Veteran pilot dies after vintage combat jet crashes at South African air show appeared first on AeroTime.

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Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

It appeared to be well-populated with versatile Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo ships. A cadre of cargo planes were parked below, my best guess is that they were C-5s because C-17s should have visible winglets. I exited the terminal parking lot and walked east toward the hangar housing the museum. Delaware River.

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Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 6, 2025

Far from the passenger terminals on the north side of the airport, the aircraft has nonetheless often looked small in comparison to the cargo-carrying Boeing 747s parked within a few hundred feet of the aircraft. TWA DC-3 NC1944 departs Lunken Airport, Cincinnati, OH, June 30, 1941.

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Inspire

JULY 24, 2025

Tom Ewing, EAA 446994, was one of the original group of 12 people who first met in 1981 to start what would become UPS Airlines, now one of the largest cargo airlines in the world.

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Aerotime

JULY 10, 2024

This two-hangar production facility will be fitted with all the necessary tools and equipment in Q4 2024 and, starting in Q1 2025, it will be able to assemble the first two Delta spaceships. Flight tests are expected to begin in New Mexico at some point in 2026.

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Aerotime

DECEMBER 10, 2024

We built a hangar with the latest technology, with the latest equipment that you use in this kind of building. When you go into the technical room of such a hangar youll see. The hangar is almost 5,000 square meters, more than enough space to fit two Airbus A321 aircraft, as well as two large aprons in front of it.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 31, 2024

The EAA Aviation Museum’s Eagle Hangar welcomed a noteworthy addition on Thursday, May 23, as the B-17 Aluminum Overcast was displayed for the first time in 30 years. Bringing the airplane to the Eagle Hangar offers an opportunity for everyone to enjoy the airplane while we explore all the options available for the airplane’s future.”

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Aerotime

JULY 5, 2024

One of the main technologies developed and used during this time was the hybrid assisted limb (HAL) worn by baggage handlers and cargo loaders at the domestic terminal in Haneda Airport. The trial was part of the Digital Testbed Air Cargo (DTAC) project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport.

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Aerotime

OCTOBER 18, 2024

However, if there is an emergency, they can also be flown in the belly of a large cargo aircraft. At its Alicante facility, for example, Avincis has two hangars where it performs maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) in-house for several different helicopter types.

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Inspire

MARCH 6, 2018

An EAA Chapter shares how it built its own hangar from steel cargo containers. The post EAA Chapter Homebuilds a Hangar first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 6, 2025

The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL SA), the managing authority of Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport in Pyrzowice, Poland, has signed an agreement with PROMUS Ruda lska for the construction of the site’s fourth aircraft maintenance hangar. The project is part of Katowice Airports PLN 1.5 said: “GTL S.A.

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Aviation Bussiness News

MAY 21, 2024

European LCC Wizz Air is to lease the fourth aircraft maintenance hangar at Poland’s Katowice Airport. The airport’s new hangar will span 10,000 sqm and will include two bays to serve aircraft the size of Airbus A321neos. “The fourth hangar represents new jobs for skilled staff in the high-tech industry.

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Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 20, 2025

Aircraft engineering and maintenance company, MESA, has officially obtained a license to build a second hangar at Beja Airport (BJY) in So Brissos, Portugal. The total investment into the second hangar is an estimated 60 million. This is to support infrastructure, equipment, and the training of new technicians.

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Vintage Aviation News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

This advanced tanker and cargo aircraft arrived from Travis Air Force Base, California, on April 15, 2024. USAF Photo In addition to its refueling mission, the KC-10 is capable of transporting military cargo and personnel simultaneously, enhancing the U.S. Air Force’s global mobility since it entered service in 1981.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JULY 16, 2024

Magnetic Group’s sub-brand, Magnetic MRO, has announced construction plans for two new maintenance hangars at Tallinn Airport in Estonia. The new MRO hangars will be located on the southern side of the airport premises and occupy a total of 11,000 sqm. However, industry-wise, a critical shortage of maintenance capacity remains.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL SA), the managing authority of Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport in Pyrzowice, Poland, has announced its 2024 cargo performance figures, showcasing remarkable growth in freight traffic. Looking ahead, 2025 promises significant advancements in Katowices cargo capabilities.

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Aviation Bussiness News

APRIL 23, 2025

Construction is well underway on a major new twin-bay hangar at Teesside International Airport, marking a significant milestone for Willis Aviation Services Limited (WASL) and its rapidly expanding operations. The funding will support key developments around the airport, including roads and taxiways to serve the new WASL hangar.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Zurich Airport, a key hub for air cargo operations in Switzerland, is navigating the complexities of a rapidly changing global economic landscape. Addressing long-term challenges Looking ahead, Bettina identifies space optimisation as a major challenge for air cargo hubs. This segment is growing steadily, Bettina says.

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Aerotime

JUNE 10, 2024

Traditionally, the first to use new technologies is military aviation, then these solutions come to business aviation, civil aviation, and finally cargo aviation. A good example of a powerful implementation of digitalization and AI in maintenance is the Airbus hangar of the future. Yury Solovyov : Innovations are being introduced.

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Aerotime

MAY 15, 2024

Avia Solutions Group operates 12 AOCs serving passenger and cargo ACMI businesses and is a parent company to SmartLynx Airlines, Avion Express, AirExplore, Ascend Airways, BBN Airlines Indonesia, KlasJet, Magma Aviation, Skytrans and other AOCs and aviation business entities.

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Vintage Aviation News

MAY 30, 2024

The tours will be held at the museum in Hangar 1 and are included with admission. Their search led them to Puerto Rico, where they found Ship 41, registered as N29PR, and operating as a cargo plane for Air Puerto Rico. For more information about the DC-3, you can visit the museum’s Facebook page.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 14, 2024

You stand a pretty good chance of spotting a Stinson 108 at a vintage fly-in, on the ramp at a rural airport, or even peeking out of a neighbor’s hangar at your local field. Today’s Top Pick is a 1947 Stinson 108-2. Even though they are antiques, these handsome, substantial airplanes are not as rare as you might think.

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Aviation Bussiness News

AUGUST 16, 2024

DHL Express has announced a major investment exceeding €40 million in Vitoria-Gasteiz to establish a new state-of-the-art aircraft maintenance hangar. The new hangar will initially create approximately 50 jobs, with a focus on attracting skilled aviation technicians from the local area.

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