While Propliners are a dying breed, there is still a lot of news to report from the United States and around the world. I've been photographing these aircraft since the late 1960 s and writing about them since 1992. I've written 150+ articles for magazines such as Propliner, Air Classics, Warbirds International Airliners, Aeroplane Monthly and the AAHS Journal. I'm currently the Propliner Editor for Air Classics and Warbirds International Airport. This website is meant to complement my Constellation Survivors website and thus will not include any Constellation news. My goal for the website is to provide Propliner news in a timely manner and create a repository for this news. I hope you enjoy the website and find it useful.
The 2025 edition of the Propliner Annual will be published in late April 2025. As its title implies, Propliner Magazine is totally dedicated to Propliner aircraft and is a must-have for any aviation enthusiast and especially Propliner enthusiasts. Orders for this bumper 176-page publication can be placed at www.propliner.co.uk
PROPLINER NEWS
PHOTOS - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) Museum - November 15, 2025
Basler Turbo Conversions Update - November 14, 2025
PHOTOS - 2002 Kelowna Convairs - November 5, 2025
Desert Air Alaska DC-3 Fleet Update - November 4, 2025
DC-3 Needs a Home - November 4, 2025
DC-3 Cockpit Update - November 3, 2025
PHOTOS - Flyhistorisk Museum Sola DC-6B - September 28, 2025
Greybull Aircraft Auction - September 17, 2025
Cancun DC-3 - September 17, 2025
DC-3 Workhorse Damaged in Takeoff Incident - September 16, 2025
Surprising Find at Cold Bay Airport - September 14, 2025
Former Brooks Fuel DC-4s - September 2, 2025
Leeward Air Ranch C-47 Find - August 30, 2025 - Updated August 31, 2025
PHOTOS - Dempsay Farm Revisited - August 17, 2025
FLY8MA Pilot Lodge - August 16, 2025
Everts Air Cargo Employees Celebrate Company's 30th Anniversary - August 16, 2025
McClellan P-3A Slowly Fading Away - August 16, 2025
South African DC-6B Update - August 16, 2025
And Then There Was One - August 14, 2025
Kelowna Convair Sightings - August 4, 2025
PHOTOS - Additional Midwest Beech 18's - August 3, 2025
Abbotsford Relics Revisited - August 2, 2025
MFI DC-3-65TP Makes Inaugural Flight - August 1, 2025
VIDEO - Morlock Aviation DC-3 - August 1, 2025
PHOTOS - Abandoned Be18's in Ohio Field - August 1,2025
Possible M404 Restoration on the Horizon - July 31, 2025 - Updated September 10, 2025
California Science Center DC-3 Restoration - July 31, 2025
KF ATR72-500F Enters Service - July 30, 2025
PHOTOS - EAA AirVenture Propliners - July 30, 2025
South Wales Aviation Museum DC-6s - July 30, 2025
Desert Air Fleet Additions - July 5, 2025
Basler Turbo Conversions Update - June 25, 2025
PHOTOS - Arizona Propliners - June 25, 2025
KF Aerospace Completes First Test Flight of ATR72-500F - June 21, 2025
Engines Removed From New Smyrna Beach DC-7 - June 21, 2025 - Updated June 23, 2025
Airborne Support - June 20, 2025
PHOTOS - Road Trip Beech 18's - June 20, 2025
Dempsay Farm Update - May 19, 2025
PHOTOS - Canadian Ladies - May 14, 2025
A HISTORY OF THE USDA FOREST SERVICE AVIATION PROGRAM - May 11, 2025
Score One for David in Opa-locka Airport Showdown - May 9, 2025
S-2 Tracker Firebomber and T-33 Perform at Kansas Airshow - May 5, 2025
NEWS BY CATEGORY
DC-2 - DC-3 - C-47 - Turbo DC-3 News
PROPLINER PHOTOS & VIDEOS
I receive many interesting Propliner photos and videos from viewers and I've created this page to collect and share them with others. If you have some you'd like to share, please email them to me and I will post them.
Photo & Video Submissions -- Updated 15 November 2025
LINKS
Links to some of my favorite classic aviation websites -- Updated 13 September 2024
ARTICLES
VINTAGE AVIATION NEWS ARTICLE - The Douglas DC-3 Cargo Workhorses Of DesertAir Alaska - December 2024 - by Stephen Chapis
Propliner Haven - Rand Airport/South Arican Airways Museum - May 2024
Erickson Aero Tanker DC-7B N838D/Tanker 60 - 2021 - by Dylan Phelps
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation C-97 Acquisition - December 2021
Recollections of a Firebomber Pilot - June 2022 - by Jim Buckwalter
A Queen Returns to the Skies - DC-7B N836D - July-August 2010
DC-7B N836D Restoration - Opa-locka Airport Report - September 2009
DC-7B N836D Restoration - Opa-locka Airport Report - November 2008
DC-7B N836D Restoration - Opa-locka Airport Report - January 2008
The First Time - 40 Years Ago - October 1980 - Part 3 - by Graham Robson
A Typical Day in the Life of a Southern Airways Martin 404 - October 2020 - by Raymond Brown
An Oasis for Old Propliners - October 2020 - by Graham Robson
The First Time - 40 Years Ago - October 1980 - Part 2 - by Graham Robson
William Levacher - From ENA to Buffalo Airways - by Pierre Gilliard
The First Time - 40 Years Ago - October 1980 - Part 1 - by Graham Robson
Basler Turbo Conversions - Where DC-3s are Reborn - August 2020
Buffalo Airways Curtiss C-46 Commando - August 2020 - by Pierre Gilliard for the Qu bec Aerospace Museum
Windswept and Lonely - January 2014 - by Del Mitchell
Breitling DC-3 Sightseeing Trip - August 2011 - by Rainer Spoddig
Swissair DC-4 Flying Adventure - July 1997 - by Rainer Spoddig
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