Warbird Information Exchange

What ever happened to Corsair's 97280/N712RD and 97302/N68HP? Are they under rebuild?

Stephen

Both registered to Corsair Enterprises Inc- (J. Tobul)

My annual prediction: The Planes of Fame P-59 will not fly in 2022!

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

How is the A6M Zero coming along that Fighter Rebuilders is going through for Fagen Fighters ?

Doug Matthews' F-86 "Beauteous Butch" may be a possibility for 2022 as well. It has been undergoing engine tests and taxied for the first time recently.

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Matt

They are actively working on it.

Spitfire IX PL344 at HARS NSW

https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/301446/thread

Thank you bdk...

The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association's Harvard Mk 4 20304 (C-FBZT) will be taking to the skies again in the spring of 2022 following a 12 year restoration by our volunteers.

She hasn't flown since November 1963. We had her fully assembled for a dedication ceremony last fall, but Covid delays and other issues have pushed the first flight to next year.
http://www.airic.ca/html/hvd20304dedication.html

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Now there's a neat project! How cool.

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates

"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

Spitfire Mk.IX MH603 had its first post-restoration test flight today, performed by Steve Death, from Scone, N.S.W., Australia (Saturday December 11, 2021), followed by a couple more flights soon after. With so many Mk.IX generation Spitfire projects being built up as two-seaters as of late, it's wonderful to see another stock, single-seat Mk.IX flying in the world! (Cropped version of one of the photos shared on the Pays Aviation Facebook page.)



The RAAF Museum's P-40E A29-90 (41-25123), under restoration at Precision Airmotive at Wangaratta in Victoria, Australia, is also very close to making its first post-restoration flight. This will soon be followed by the first flight of Ross Pay's TP-40N NZ3184 (42-105875), which is also nearing completion at Precision. (Screengrab from a recent video posted by Precision Airmotive on Facebook of P-40E A29-90).



As shared on the MeierMotors Instagram account, they have had a second Bf 109E project underway (in addition to the Spanish Civil War example, nearing completion). This one, a Bf 109E-3, WkNr.2372, is owned by Hangar 10. The wreckage which formed the basis of the project used to be displayed at the museum some years ago.

Additionally, Spitfire T.9 ML295 (originally a stock single-seat Mk.IX), very near completion at Biggin Hill in the UK, just might fly before the end of the year. This one is somewhat unique among the restored/converted T.9 Spitfires flying today, as it is fitted with stock Mk.IX wing armament/cannons.

The re-restoration and "TP" conversion of P-40N 42-105120 is very close to completion at American Aero Services, and it will no doubt be flying very soon in the new year.

Kermit Weeks has both a Boeing 100 and the all-red Boeing 100A (originally built for Howard Hughes) nearing completion, both of which are expected to fly in the new year. (Photos posted on the "Øyvind's P-12" Facebook page)

So NZ3184 isn't being restored as a TP-40N? For some reason they were one and the same.


MH367 would disagree (as far as cannon are concerned, anyway):
4b1ae30e-93d7-4d40-bc6f-29e5138a7bd9_zps5yximc2z_34860937774_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr

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Zac in NZ
#avgeek, modelbuilder, photographer, writer. Callsign: "HANDBAG".
https://linktr.ee/zacyates

"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22

Thank you, Zac. Yeah I had my wires crossed a bit with the P-40 projects - now fixed. Thank you too about pointing out MH367 - I also forgot that the T.9 PT462 has the cannon fairings as well (and TE308 of course used to).

I saw a Zero fly at Chino yesterday. I suspect it was the Fagan example.