A small visit to the AirFighter Academy Gmbh/ Hangar 10

[ktst97]

Thank you for posting, Matthias.

[m50a1ontos]

Fantastic post, Thanks!

[DaveM2]

Wonderful report...now has anyone searched the Haff? Sounds like quite a bit of activity in the area during the war....

[tulsaboy]

Awesome, Matthias! Thanks for the tour!

kevin

[Lightjug]

Detailed as always Matthias... and thank you for that

[rcaf_100]

This AT-6 is in my eyes the most beautiful Texan worldwide. Eyecandy and in perfect shape.

Of course you follow all my walkaround efforts on my homepage, so you know of course that advanced trainer. Am I right ? Just for you to remember .....

Walkaround AT-6 D-FITE

here that beauty at home in the hangar

Very cool Matthias!

Not sure if you knew, but D-FITE was originally ordered by the French Armée de l'Air as an NA-76, but the entire order was taken over by the RAF and she became Harvard Mk II AJ586.
She initially served at No 31 SFTS at Kingston, Ontario, a Fleet Air Arm school.

I help look after her closest surviving sister (AJ583) at the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association in Tillsonburg.
Ironically, when AJ586 was surplussed in 1960, her first owner stored her (and a few dozen more Harvards) at Tillsonburg! She later went to Michigan to be restored.

Maybe you can put a bug in their ear to someday return her to her 'original' livery?
I just re-did the wing roundels, fin flash and underwing markings on AJ583 so if they need and references, let me know!

[DH82EH]

Great post Matthias.

You are a highlight of this website!

I enjoy your photos and observations and, like the details of the aircraft, you share details of your story. I'm sure your daughter was impressed with the ducks' adventure

Andy Scott

[Jesper]

Love your post Matthias Nice pics, like the detailed ones very much. It makes me very, very happy to see these old birds. Hats off for the dedicated people using a loads of time and money to keep them in the air.

And Heringsdorf is only 335 km (That's 200 odd miles for the Americans - or 5½ hours of driving - from where I live in Denmark. Not much of a detour if we should go visit Berlin one day

Take care

J

[Noha307]

Just one - possibly OT, possibly stupid - question: Why are the instruments rotated to the left?

[m50a1ontos]

Racers do that too. So the needles all point in a common direction at normal operating conditions....that way you can tell at a glance if everything is okay. Eyeballs need to be outside, it would suck running into a solid cloud whilst studying the gauges.