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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Oct 28, 2020 9:06 pm

"Russian Spitfire" begins taxi trials.

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:18 am

The "Russian Spitfire" has made its first post-restoration flight 75 years after she was last flown by a young Russian pilot!

Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX belonging to the Hangar 11 Collection has made its first post-restoration flight on Wednesday 29th of October 2020. This exact airframe was one of the 1,338 Spitfires that were supplied to the USSR under the Lend-Lease terms during the World War II.

On the 18th of May 1945, PT879 unfortunately collided with another Spitfire and crashed on the Kola Peninsula after only 28.5 hours total time in the squadron. It was recovered in 1997 and acquired by Peter Teichman in 2001, after long-term storage in 2012 the spitfire was taken to Sandown on the Isle of Wight where the long process of restoration to flight was undertaken and completed at North Weald Airfield.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:52 pm

Great to see the CAF Gulf Coast Wing's B-17 Texas Raiders back in the air!
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:44 am

The third A-26 in the Commemorative Air Force inventory returned to flight on November 1, 2020 with two flights out of Guthrie Regional Airport in Oklahoma. Congratulations to the Sierra Hotel A-26 Sponsor Group for a flight 21 years in the making.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:47 pm

Warbird Digest has just received the Fall, 2020 report from Sam Worthington-Leese, Director of the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group. We thought our readers would be very interested to see how the project has progressed since our last article on this important project.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:03 am

Here is the latest update by Chuck Cravens on the efforts to restore the Dakota Territory Air Museum's P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 3:42 pm

Antique Curtiss HS-2L flying boat found.

Read more at https://www.scramble.nl/civil-news/anti ... boat-found

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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:15 pm

Thanks to the effort of Stefano Landi, a well-experienced and well-known Italian aerobatic and warbird pilot, Italian aviation enthusiasts will be able to enjoy a rare Hawker Sea Fury FB11.
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