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Military Aviation Museum’s Bf 109G flies in the US

World Warbird News — Tue, 24 May 2016 10:12:08 +0000

On May 20, the Military Aviation Museum’s Bf 109G du Military Aviation Museum made its first flight since it arrived in the US. The aircraft is a Hispano Buchón restored by Meier Motors and powered by a DB 605 engine salvaged on a Bf 110, making it an approximation of Bf 109G-4/G-5. It is painted in the colours of the aircraft flown by Hptm. Klaus Quaet-Faslem, Kommandeur of I./JG 3.

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Military Aviation Museum to sell its aircraft

World Warbird News — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:41:49 +0000

An F4U Corsair at the Military Aviation Museum. (Photo Joanna Poe (CC BY-SA 2.0))

Stunning news: the aircraft composing the collections of the Military Aviation Museum, founded in Virginia Beach by Jerry Yagen in 2005, are for sale. Yagen explained that he could no longer afford to pay for the museum, which is not self-sustaining. Two aircraft, a B-17 Flying Fortress and a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, have been reported as already sold.

The museum, one of the largest of its type, may also have to be shut down after the aircraft have been sold. Yagen has told reporters that he does not know how many aircraft he owns exactly, as many are not on display. The MAM’s collections include at least 70 World War One and Two aircraft.

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Fiat G.55 to be restored to airworthiness

World Warbird News — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:25:58 +0000

A Fiat G.55 Centauro during World War II.

According to Aeroplane Monthly, the Fiat G.59B MM53778 is to be restored to its wartime configuration as a Fiat G.55 Centauro. The aircraft belongs to Jerry Yagen’s Military Aviation Museum. Although a German-built DB.605 engine is available, there are doubts that it can be rebuilt to airworthiness and the MAM is looking for an licence-built Fiat or Alfa Romeo engine to power the aircraft.