Ed Maloney came to Australia many years ago with a delegation of US Aviation Museum CEOs and Curators. I met Ed at the Australian Aviation Museum, Bankstown Airport Sydney. One of the pioneers of the preservation of vintage airplanes, Edward T. Maloney, has died at the age of 88. Maloney has been credited with saving more than 200 WWII warbirds from destruction and founding the Planes of Fame Museum, which is home to more than 150 historic airplanes and replicas, many of which continue to fly to this day, with locations in Chino, California, and Valle, Arizona.