Classic Wings Edition · Volume 11
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Buyers Guide to the Yaks - Part 3
Red Star Hurricane
Wangaratta Workshop
Fleet in Focus
Flight of the Red Dragons
Airshow USA |
In our continuing in depth look at Yakovlevs' piston engine designs, we concentrate on the new build Pratt & Whitney powered, Yak UPW. Based on a late war prototype which became the forerunner of the Yak 11 trainer, the aircraft has been redesigned and produced at a military aircraft factory in Romania.
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Haul From Hartvik - Ju52
Extended News Pages
Airshow USA
Yakovlev Fighters Pt2
Trojan Trio
Walrus
Wattsbridge |
In a series of spectacular recoveries in the 1980s, five time capsule Junkers 52 aircraft were raised from a Norwegian lake. Lost during a failed supply mission in the opening days of the invasion of Norway, they were forced to land...
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FW190 'Dora' Reborn
Curtiss Helldiver Recovery
Caboolture 2004
Yakovlev Fighters
NZ Vintage Aviation Tour
Square One Aviation
Chino Airshow |
In 2003 the Champlin Fighter Collection was sold to the Museum of Flight, Seattle. One aircraft was not included however, this being the jewel of the collection, the sole surviving Focke Wulf Fw190D-13. This unique aircraft was turned over to Gosshawk for a detailed restoration that would see the aircraft returned as close as possible to how it looked when surrendered in May 1945.
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Avro Anson Project
Vickers Vincent
Spitfires For Everyone
Seafire Flies Again
Warbirds Over Wanaka 04
Tyabb Airshow
Cactus Fly-In, Casa Grand |
Avro Anson 1 VH-BAF had its last flight during the 1990s, but work is now underway that will ensure that the aircraft will again take to the air in the not too distant future. Bill Reid bought the aircraft in 2002 and had it dismantled and shipped from Melbourne to Nelson, N.Z. That was the easy part...
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Flying The DH-2
Stuka Survivors
Mosquito Magic
Chipmunk Fever
Dart Kitten Remembered
SK.14 Reproduction
Point Cook Centenary Fly-In |
It is a great privilege to be able to climb aboard an aircraft from a long bygone era, having read about them in history books all my life, and then start it up and fly away back in time. The Redfern Airco DH-2 is just such a time machine and I truly enjoy the experience of flying it. Stuart Tantrum
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