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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:21 am

Price Reduced: North American P-51D "Rosalie" N51TC. Airframe: 1903 TTSN, Packard -1650-7 w/ Rolls Royce 720 Heads & Banks - 115 hrs SMOH, 25 hrs since Top Overhaul by Roush Aviation. Hamilton Standard 24D50 w/ Paddle Blades - 35 Hours Since Prop Overhaul. $1,895,000. For more information see:
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jul 23, 2020 2:32 pm

Back in April, we wrote a story about the remarkable efforts which the Wings Museum in Balcombe, England is embarking upon to resurrect Hawker Siddeley Kestrel FGA.1 XS694, a rare surviving example of the fabulous Hawker-Siddeley Harrier’s predecessor. While the Coronavirus pandemic has slowed down some of their progress, it didn’t cease entirely, as project leader Aaron Simmons was able to house the aircraft’s cockpit section at his home where he could work on it when time permitted.
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Two warbird owners in New Zealand are determined to do their bit to ensure the southern hemisphere’s largest vintage military air show returns to Wanaka in two years’ time. Nelson-based Bill Reid, along with Graeme Frew from Blenheim, are bringing their aircraft to Wanaka this August, giving people in the south island an opportunity to take a ride in a classic World War II aircraft. Reid will be bringing his former RAF/RAAF Avro Anson Mk.1 MH120, the only one of its variant flying anywhere in the world today. Following a 10-year restoration effort this aircraft, which flew in both the Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force, made its air show debut at Warbirds Over Wanaka in 2014. Meanwhile, Graeme Frew’s Soviet-designed Yak-3 fighter will provide a wholly different kind of flying experience to the Anson. Nicknamed Full Noise, the fighter is a Reno Air Race veteran, first flying in the world’s fastest motor sport during the 1990s. When Frew took part in 2017, he flew Full Noise to victory in the Silver Unlimited Race, and became the first pilot to qualify for the Gold Unlimited in their first year of racing, quite a distinction!
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Here's what's coming up on our schedule for the next couple of weeks. Which event are you most looking forward to?

July 21-26 • Flying Legends of Victory Tour - Bismarck, ND
July 27-Aug 2 • Flying Legends of Victory Tour - Billings, MT (B-25)
July 27-Aug 2 • Flying Legends of Victory Tour - Sioux Falls, SD (B-17)
Jul 29 • CAF Webinar Series: Virtual Tour of the Minnesota Wing - online
Aug 1 • Hangar Hang Out - Houston, TX
Aug 5 • CAF Webinar Series: Karnig Thomasian - online
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Sold: This original Grumman Goose has been sold and is on its way to a new owner. This makes the 14th warbird we've sold during the Covid pandemic. The warbird market is strong!
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:17 am

The CAF Dixie Wing has just announced that as of Saturday, July 25th, 2020, warbird experience flights have resumed although on a limited basis. Currently, flights will be available only in the Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless, North American LT-6 ‘Mosquito’ and Beech T-34 Mentor.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:19 am

For Sale: 1951 Vought F4U-5 Corsair VH-III. Less than 50 hrs since complete restoration. 0 time engine and prop. We had three Corsairs for sale and have sold two of them. This is one of the nicest Corsairs restorations out there. US$3,450,000. For more information see: https://www.platinumfighters.com/f4u5n
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:49 am

Great moment for the fans of the historic jets! Today the Fundacja Biało-Czerwone Skrzydła (The White and Red Wings Foundation) the owner of the only Airworthy civilian TS-11 Iskra (1214) in Europe have test flown their second Iskra (1402)! PZL TS-11 Iskra although still in service with the Polish Air force is being successively retired and replaced with more modern Leonardo M-346 Bielik. It is rumored that the last Iskra will be retired as early as 2021 and thanks to the Foundations like this we will be able to enjoy the sight and sound of those jets for the years to come.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Jul 28, 2020 11:59 pm

The American Airpower Museum will be holding a Grand Reopening event on Saturday, August 1, 2020. For the occasion the museum’s iconic WWII bombers and fighters will depart from the museum’s ramp, taking to the skies over Long Island’s northern and southern shores.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:03 am

Just Listed. This Pearl Harbor Survivor! 1933 Waco UIC N13408. This aircraft was originally completed on June 9th, 1933, and delivered to its first owner, George Willis of Great Neck, New York. A few years later, after a brief personal ownership by legendary test pilot Vance Breese, it was sold to Charles Knox and Robert Tyce, owners of K-T Flying Service Ltd of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii.

Since the creation of K-T Flying Service in 1934, Bob Tyce was personally responsible for the flight training of a large number of civilians in the Territory. For primary training, they used Piper J-3 Cubs and three Fleet Biplanes (shown below). In addition to flight training, K-T performed sightseeing flights, out-island charter services and non-scheduled cargo service. Bob and Charles added the Waco UIC to the fleet at the beginning of 1938.

By 1941, under the auspices of the Civilian Flight Training Program, a large portion of K-T’s business was private flight training for military personnel hoping to transfer to the Army and Navy flying arms.

Military sources state that, in conjunction with this activity, in the early morning of December 7th, 1941, Bob Tyce and Marcus Posten, a young sailor assigned to the USS Argonne at Pearl Harbor, were flying in a two aircraft formation on a cross-country trip from Halewia to Honolulu.[1] While some believed that the Waco may have been flown by Bob Tyce that fateful morning, the Poston report has been proven inaccurate by Stephen Harding, Aviation Historian as eyewitness testimony placed Bob and Edna Tyce on the John Rodgers ramp at 07:55 on that morning when a Japanese aircraft opened fire.

“Bob turned to say something to Edna and a bullet hit him in the back of the head, exiting through the side of his throat and leaving a hole that Edna later described as big enough to “put a golf ball through.” He dropped to the ground and his wife, unhurt, reacted as the nurse she had once been, checking Bob’s pulse, though she knew intuitively that he was already gone.”[2]

Killed at 07:55 on December 7th, 1941, Bob is generally regarded as the first American civilian killed in enemy action during the attack.[3]

On December 8th, the US War Department grounded all civilian aircraft in the Hawaiian Islands and on the west coast of California.

After flying 9:35 hours in the 6 days leading up to the attack, the final entry in the Waco logbook for KT Flying Service states “Aircraft Dismantled” [4]
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:39 pm

Here's the latest rundown of CAF activity for the next couple weeks. Just click on the event name to learn more.

Jul 26-Aug 2 • Ride the Mustang in Sioux Falls, SD
Jul 26-Aug 2 • Flying Legends of Victory Tour - Sioux Falls, SD (B-17)
Jul 26-Aug 2 • Flying Legends of Victory Tour - Billings, MT (B-25)
Aug 1 • Hangar Hang Out - Houston, TX
Aug 3-9 • Ride the Mustang in Mason City, IA
Aug 3-9 • Flying Legends of Victory Tour - Mason City, IA (B-17)
Aug 3-9 * Flying Legends of Victory Tour - Great Falls, MT (B-25)
Aug 5 • CAF Webinar Series: Karnig Thomasian - online
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:48 am

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration is using a 60 year old WB-57 aircraft to track the Space X’s Crew Dragon recovery. This plane is capable of altitudes in excess of 60,000 feet. The NASA WB-57 Program provides unique, high-altitude airborne platforms to US Government agencies, academic institutions, and commercial customers in order to support scientific research and advanced technology development and testing at locations around the world.
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