Aug 16 2017
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The Friends of Jenny’s Curtiss JN-4 Jenny replica crash-landed in a golf course on August 12 near Bowling Green-Warren County Regional Airport in Kentucky. Fortunately, pilot Terry Richardson was reportedly only lightly injured, suffering a light head wound.
The aircraft is a replica built in 2012 using original plans, but is powered by a GMC V8 engine.
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Aug 15 2017
The Shuttleworth Collection’s Bristol Fighter. (Photo Kogo (GFDL))
From Aerodynamic Media:
Four newly discovered Bristol Fighters commissioned by a film studio will be heading to New Zealand after being acquired by a new owner.
The aircraft were among seven examples of the type originally built for the 1983 film High Road to China, but were subsequently written out of the production, leaving their whereabouts a mystery. However, this changed recently when all seven were located in a warehouse east of Los Angeles.
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Aug 14 2017
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Aug 11 2017
From the Telegraph: “More than 20,000 wartime Mosquito engineering drawings and diagrams have been found in the corner of a wartime factory just days before bulldozers were due to flatten it.
The archive includes what are thought to be the world’s only complete set of engineering drawings for the plane, as well as details of variants that never made it off the drawing board.”
The drawings, on microfilm cards, have been donated to The People’s Mosquito, a charity hoping to restore and fly a crashed Mosquito.
Read the full story on the Telegraph
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Aug 11 2017
Here are some reference photos of the Mudry CAP 20L registered F-AZVL, which might be of interest to modellers, illustrators. This aircraft was built in 1979. The photos were taken on 20 May 2017 at Le Plessis-Belleville. All photos © Bertrand Brown.
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Aug 10 2017
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Aug 04 2017
(Photo Mateo33 (CC BY-SA 3.0))
On July 31st, the Bolivian Air Force’s Grupo Aéreo de Caza 31 retired the last four T-33 in military service worldwide, thus putting an end to the military career of Lockheed’s iconic jet trainer and light aircraft, which first flew in 1948. The T-33 served an impressive 44 years in Bolivia.
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Jul 28 2017
Hawker Sea Fury N254SF in 2007 (Photo Greg Goebel (CC BY-SA 2.0))
Nelson Ezell of Ezell Aviation and his passenger Dustin Mayfield were injured in an accident involving Hawker Sea Fury N254SF on July 25 near Stephen County Airport in Breckenridge, Texas . Details concerning the accident are unavailable, with conflicting versions being provided by media.
More to the point, Breckenridge American reports the following about the health of Ezell and Mayfield:
Ezell sustained serious but not critical injuries, while Mayfield’s injuries were less serious, according to the men’s wives.
We wish both men a speedy recovery.
Sources:
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Jul 17 2017
The P-51 Mustang “Baby Duck” in 2016. (Photo JanetanPhil (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))
Vlado Lenoch and his passenger Bethany Root were killed in the crash of the P-51 Mustang “Baby Duck” on Sunday, July 16 in Atchison county, Kansas. Vlado Lenoch was a respected member of the warbird community and a member of the Air Force Heritage Flight since its creation in 1997. Bethany Root was general manager at the Amelia Earhart airport in Atchison.
Our thoughts and prayers go to the family and relatives of Vlado Lenoch and Bethany Root.
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Jul 13 2017
This aircraft was the final B-26K, a variant of the A-26 Invader improved and re-engined by On Mark for service during the Vietnam War.
More info on this topic on Warbirds News.
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Jul 11 2017
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Jul 07 2017
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Jun 25 2017
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Jun 24 2017
John Travolta is donating his historical Boeing 707, part of a batch of 11 Boeing 707 delivered to Qantas in 1964. These were the first jetliners to be used by the Australian company and replaced the legendary Lockheed Constellation.
The aircraft hasn’t flown since last December and will reportedly require some minor repairs before delivery to HARS, which hopes to maintain the aircraft airworthy.
Source: ABC News
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