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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sat Dec 18, 2021 12:07 am

Just Listed: Lockheed T-33A N51RH. Fully restored. Possibly the nicest T-33 on the planet. Former Oshkosh Award Winner. Airframe: 248 hrs Total Time since complete restoration. Engine 148 hrs. SMOH by Aero Turbine. 37 hrs. Since Hot Section. Spare engine with 72 Hrs. SMOH and 0 Since Hot Section. Good spares package. $300,000. For specs and pictures see: https://www.platinumfighters.com/invent ... eed-t-33a-
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Sun Dec 19, 2021 5:04 pm

The first hull of the S.55X I- BALB replica is almost complete. Amazing craftsmanship by the volunteers of the Siai-Marchetti Historical Group based at VOLANDIA - Parco e Museo del Volo Check out our coverage at https://bit.ly/3mhDl3f
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:48 pm

On the 21st of December, the Fundacja Biało-Czerwone Skrzydła (The White and Red Wings Foundation) announced that they began the restoration to fight of an ex Indian Air Force PZL TS-11 Iskra.
The foundation already operates two Ex Polish Air Force Examples SP-YBC (1214) and SP-YTH (1402) which often perform solo displays at many airshows in Poland as well as abroad and from next season we can also expect two-ship displays.
The PZL TS-11 Iskra (English: Spark) is a Polish jet trainer, developed and manufactured by aircraft company PZL-Mielec. It is notable as being the first domestically-developed jet aircraft to be produced by Poland, its service for over 50 years as the principal training aircraft of the Polish Air Force, and at the time of its retirement was the oldest jet-propelled aircraft still in service in Poland.
Indian Air Force the sole export customer of the aircraft operated 76 Iskras with the first examples delivered in 1975. In December 2004, the Indian Air Force officially withdrew the last of its Iskra trainers and many aircraft were sent to museums or continued flying in civilian hands.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:50 pm

Below an image of Avro Lancaster B.VII "Just Jane" from a couple of years ago. The aircraft is presently undergoing a restoration to flying condition, and here is the latest progress report on the efforts at East Kirkby.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:39 pm

Warbird Digest has received the latest report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see how the project has progressed since our last article on this important project. So without further ado, here it goes!
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:30 pm

Built in 1939, holes have rusted through the ceiling over the years, putting priceless aircraft at risk of exposure to the harsh elements being let in. There’s also the constant threat of damage by water, birds, and high winds. The Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum needs to raise $4 million to repair the 86,000-square-foot hangar.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Thu Jan 13, 2022 4:43 pm

Waterloo Warbirds, based at the Region of Waterloo International Airport just east of Kitchener, Ontario recently announced that they are booking rides in their MiG-15. Nicknamed Natasha, this aircraft is actually a former Polish Air Force example, license-built in 1954.
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Post by n33d4sp33d_85 » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:00 am

Earlier this week, on 13 January 2022, a sound that had not been heard for years returned to the airport of Cape Town (Republic of South Africa) It was the sound of the two Rolls-Royce Spey engines inside Blackburn Buccaneer S2B ZU-BCR (former RAF XW987) that were fired up. The Buccaneer once belonged to the inventory of Thunder City, a collection of former military fast jets, like Buccaneers, Hunters and Lightnings.

Following the fatal crash of Lightning T5 ZU-BEX on 14 November 2009, the company ceased their flying operations after the accident investigation committee found major shortcomings in its maintenance program. In August 2011, three Buccaneers, three Hunters and three Lightnings were offered for sale. The first time that two of Thunder City’s aircraft flew again after said crash was during the AFB Overberg airshow on 21 April 2012.

For many years the future of the afore mentioned Thunder City fleet was insecure. But it has now turned out that Hangar 51 Aviation at Cape Town has acquired an unknown number of the former Thunder City jets and plans to return these to airworthiness.

The firing up of ZU-BCR’s engines is a first step in a, without any doubt, difficult process that might lead to the world’s only flying Buccaneer.
https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/b ... -cape-town
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