Warbird Aero Restorations

04/24/2026

Our restoration of the Douglas B-23 Dragon (that was formerly owned by Howard Hughes) is nearing completion. Only 38 were ever built. Next up is paint and interiors. How many flying B-23 Dragons are left in the world? To my knowledge, this will be the only one.

01/29/2024

At Warbird Aero Restorations, we are excited to be a part of restoring this PBY Catalina back to its former glory!

Tunison Foundation Starts PBY Restoration July 19, 2023 Vintage Aviation News Warbird Restorations 0 by Luc Zipkin Without a doubt, World War II fighters and bombers are fantastic machines. As they once were critical to the war effort, they are now critical to preserving the memory of the brave men....

11/16/2021

Testing the smoke system and it seems to be working just fine! 🔥

11/16/2021

First flight of Warbird Aero Restorations T-6D. We are very proud of this beautiful rebuild. ✈️

10/03/2020

President George H.W. Bush sitting in his TBM Avenger during WWII and some pictures of our restoration.

08/13/2020

After hundreds of hours of restoration work completed, Charlie flew the Lone Star Flight Museum’s TBM to Mississippi to get a new coat of paint!

10/10/2019

We are excited to start working on the restoration of the Lone Star Flight Museum’s TBM. Here is an article from the Houston Chronicle which includes an interview with Charlie.

A vintage warplane recently flown into Pearland will be restored into a replica of warplane flown by President George H.W. Bush as a 20-year-old Navy pilot during the war.

10/06/2019

A bittersweet day as we watched the AT-11 we restored leave for Washington State, where she will be displayed at the Heritage Flight Museum!