Memorial Flight – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com The latest in warbirds and historical aviation Sun, 06 Sep 2015 21:22:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WWN-icon-256-150x150.png Memorial Flight – World Warbird News https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com 32 32 Video: Memorial Flight – LVG C.VI Evening Flight https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2015/09/06/video-memorial-flight-lvg-c-vi-evening-flight/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2015/09/06/video-memorial-flight-lvg-c-vi-evening-flight/#respond Sun, 06 Sep 2015 21:17:32 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2806 ]]> https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2015/09/06/video-memorial-flight-lvg-c-vi-evening-flight/feed/ 0 Video: Memorial Flight LVG C.VI in flight https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2014/07/08/video-memorial-flight-lvg-c-vi-in-flight/ https://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/2014/07/08/video-memorial-flight-lvg-c-vi-in-flight/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2014 20:14:43 +0000 http://www.worldwarbirdnews.com/?p=2299

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Memorial Flight has uploaded a video of its LVG C.VI reproduction flying with an original Benz Bz.IV engine, above la Ferté Alais airfield in France.

The aircraft was built by the Memorial Flight Association in France, for The Vintage Aviator Collection based in New-Zealand.
More details and pictures of the build on Memorial Flight’s website : http://www.memorial-flight.com/

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Source: Memorial Flight

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Continue reading]]> Memorial Flight has posted a video of the first flight of its  Sopwith 1B2 1½ Strutter, which flew on April 30. More information is available on Memorial Flight’s website.

Comme promis, l’équipe de Mémorial Flight vient de diffuser une vidéo plus étoffée du premier vol de son Sopwith 1B2 1½ Strutter, qui a eu lieu à la Ferté-Alais le 30 avril dernier. Plus d’infos sur le site de <a href=”http://www.memorial-flight.com” target=”_blank”>Memorial Flight.
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Continue reading]]> The Sopwith 1B2 1½ Strutter restored by the French association Memorial Flight made its first flights on Monday, April 30, according to the association’s blog, where several pictures of the flights can be seen

The two first flights were made with a crew of one then two members and lasted 25 minutes.

The aircraft was painted in the colours of an aircraft of the French Escadrille Sop 66, and wears an unusual but historically accurate paint scheme. It is currently the fourth preserved 1B2 in the world, and the only airworthy one.

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The Sopwith 1B2 was the twin-seater bomber version of the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter (Crown Copyright)

Memorial Flight has finished the assembly of its Sopwith 1B2 Strutter and is now finishing the paint work on the aircraft before it leaves for La Ferté-Alais. The aircraft carries an unusual but historically accurate, representing an aircraft from Escadrille Sop 66.

The Memorial Flight is a non-profit organisation formed in 1988 which aims to preserve French and European aeronautical heritage, restoring  WW1 aircraft to flying condition.

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