Jun 23 2017
Our Warbird Shirts have had some success, so we’re now expanding the collection to include more of your favourite warbirds. Our latest addition is the Spitfire F.24 shirt. This shows Spitfire Mk 24 VN489 of the Royal Air Force’s No 80 Squadron which was based in Hong Kong in the early 1950s. You can purchase the shirt on the Warbird Shirt section of the site or directly from Spreadshirt. Continue reading
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Jun 20 2017
Photo © Wings of Wing Foundation
On Friday the 16th of June, an Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik made its maiden flight in Novossibirsk, Russia. Only two Il-2 are currently airworthy, the first one being part of Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum.
This aircraft was shot down in November 1943 and landed on a frozen lake near Murmansk, from which it was recovered in 2015.
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Jun 20 2017
As planned, the Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society’s PBY-5A Catalina (C-FNJE) flew again on Father’s Day – June 18, 2017 – some sixteen years after its last flight and a lenghty restoration.
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Jun 20 2017
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Jun 20 2017
https://www.facebook.com/hawkerrestorations/videos/852873491526357/
After so many bad news for the warbird community, we are happy to move on to better ones !
Hawker Hurricane Mk I P2902 flew again on 19 June, more than 77 years after it crash-landed on a beach near Dunkirk in May 1940.
The aircraft was restored to airworthiness by Hawker Restorations Ltd and made a 20-minute maiden flight yesterday from Elmsett airfield in Suffolk. Stuart Goldspink was at the controls and was satisfied with the aircraft’s behaviour. After conclusion of the flight tests, the Hurricane will be based in Duxford.
https://www.facebook.com/hawkerrestorations/videos/852873551526351/
This brings the number of airworthy Hurricanes to 15, including 9 in the UK. Hawker Restorations Ltd is reportedly also restoring two other Hurricanes, including a twin-seater.
https://www.facebook.com/hawkerrestorations/photos/a.815171231963250.1073741829.512529078894135/852873524859687/?type=3
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Jun 18 2017
https://www.facebook.com/BigginHillHeritageHangar/videos/1281053225335748/
The Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 W.Nr. 3579 (G-CIPB) “White 14” flew again at Biggin Hill on June 13, following completion by the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar.
https://www.facebook.com/BigginHillHeritageHangar/posts/1281173908657013:0
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Jun 17 2017
After being caught in a sudden gust of wind during landing, the Morane-Saulnier MS.230 of the Cercle des Machines Volantes association collided with ground installations, damaging the wings, engine, fuselage and landing gear. Fortunately, its pilot Frédéric Collinot, president of the CMV, was unhurt. The aircraft has been dismantled and returned to the CMV’s hangar where it will be repaired.
The Cercle des Machines Volantes is hosting its annual airshow this weekend “Compiègne Aéro Classic”, which will display classic aircraft to the public, notable the Curtiss Hawk 75 of The Fighter Collection.
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Jun 17 2017
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Not a great time for Spitfires. 🙁
Aero Legends’ Spitfire T.9 NH341 “Elizabeth” was lightly damaged on June d’Aero Legends during a landing in which the undercarriage was not fully locked down. Fortunately, nobody was injured and the aircraft should be flying again soon.
https://www.facebook.com/aerolegends/posts/1872958336298306:0
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Jun 12 2017
Some sources also indicate a woman in the public was injured by flying propeller fragments.
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Jun 09 2017
https://www.facebook.com/JayPHunt/posts/10158837829110224
Vintage Wings of Canada’s Spitfire HF Mk.IXe TE294 made its first post-restoration flight on June 7. The aircraft carries the colours and markings of a Spitfire Mk IX from No 442 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the summer of 1944.
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Jun 08 2017
Photo © Temora Aviation Museum
From the Temora Aviation Museum’s website:
In the biggest news in recent years, the Temora Aviation Museum’s President and Founder, Mr David Lowy AM, has announced, that the Museum would start a complex project to return the Museum’s English Electric Canberra and de Havilland Vampire to flying condition, neither of which have flown for a number of years.
He said, “A main component of our mission is to preserve our military aviation history, keep these aircraft flying and enable people to learn about the veterans who flew them. This will be a very resource-intensive project that will see these aircraft fly again progressively over the next three years.”
Photo © Temora Aviation Museum
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Jun 07 2017
B-29 Doc on its first flight, 11 May 2016. (Photo Amn Erin McClellan (PubDom))
Brigadier General Paul Tibbets IV, the grandson of Brigadier General Paul Tibbets Jr., who flew the B-29 “Enola Gay” during the Hiroshima nuclear bombing on 6 August 1945, will fly as copilot of the B-29 “Doc” during a flight from Wichita to Whiteman AFB this coming Friday.
Paul Tibbets IV is the commanding officer of the US Air Force’s 509th Bomb Wing which operates the B-2 “Spirit” stealth bomber.
Paul W. Tibbets IV in 2014 (Photo USAF)
Source: Kansas.com
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May 31 2017
See also: Video on RAG85 YouTube channel
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