BOEING STEARMAN KAYDET, PT17 / N2S, F-AZXN

BOEING STEARMAN KAYDET, PT17 / N2S, F-AZXN

  © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   La Mort aux Trousses / North by North West Précédent Suivant The Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet takes you back to the 1930s. This beautiful biplane, with its radial engine, has travelled through the ages, changing roles successfully. The ‘Kaydet’ was designed the Stearman aircraft subsidiary of Boing, in answer to a request by the US forces for a basic trainer. In 1931, Lloyd Stearman left the company that he had founded, and therefore, so didn’t share anything in the conception neither the…
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YAK 11, “MOOSE”, F-AZNN

YAK 11, “MOOSE”, F-AZNN

Yak-11 F-AZNN @ Eric BarnwarthYAK 11, “MOOSE”, F-AZNN © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Previous Next This advanced training aircraft is one of those built by LET in Czechoslovakia.After leaving the factory in 1948, it was affected to the Czechoslovakian Air Force, but was allegedly never flown then.In 1982 a group of enthusiasts acquired 41 of these Yak-11, abandoned as wrecks in the Egyptian desert.The Yak-11 numbered 25111/05 became property of Pierre Dague, who had it converted to single seater and supervise its full restoration, and in particular the overhaul of the Shvetsov ASh-21 engine (760 hp at 2300 tr/mn) undertaken by Serge…
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NORTH AMERICAN T-6, F-AZCV

NORTH AMERICAN T-6, F-AZCV

T-6 F-AZCV © Jean-Baptiste BlumenfeldNORTH AMERICAN T-6, F-AZCV © Eric BarnwarthF-AZCV, T-6 © Eric Salard Previous Next The T-6, a two-seater advanced trainer, is the descendant of a family of training aircraft produced by North American.Produced in more than 15,000 copies, it trained most of the future pilots of all Allied air forces during and after the war, being used by some countries in this role until the 1970s.France also used it in an armed version in Algeria for anti-guerrilla missions against the FLN.France’s Flying Warbirds' T-6 F-AZCV was built in 1951, delivered to the USAAF in 1952 and transferred…
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DOUGLAS SKYRAIDER, F-AZFN

DOUGLAS SKYRAIDER, F-AZFN

  © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Previous Next Skyraider NDjamena The Skyraider was designed in 1944 by Douglas in order to replace the SBD Dauntless, a reconnaissance and attack bomber. Under the name XBT2D Dauntless II, the prototype flew for the first time on March 18th 1945. With the end of the war, the initial US Navy order was halved. The name BT2D (BT for Bomber Torpedo), 2D for second aircraft of this type built by Douglas) was changed for AD (A Attack) Skyraider. Equipped with a Wright R-3350-24W, 2 500 HP engine, the AD-1 Skyraider first flew in…
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STINSON L-5, F-AYLV

STINSON L-5, F-AYLV

© Ham and Jam © Xavier Méal© Xavier Méal Previous Next The Stinson L-5 Sentinel had a paramount role in the Pacific theatre.Thanks to its short take-off and landing performances, it could land in small clearings to retrieve the wounded or stranded men. Thanks to the "Brodie system", it could even tcould take off or land with the aircraft hooked to a trolley that ran along a cable. The cable and trolley could be rigged on very short jungle fields, or even on ships. F-AYLV, rolled out of the Vultee/Stinson Factories, Wayne, Michigan, in early January 1944, with build number…
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P-51D, F-AZSB “NOOKY BOOKY”

P-51D, F-AZSB “NOOKY BOOKY”

© Jean-Pierre Touzeau ©JP Touzeau Major Leonard Carson Developed at the request of the British who wanted an upgrade after the Curtiss P-40, the P-51 was designed I a record time by a young Californian company, North American Aviation. Equipped with a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, the P-51 becomes one of the best WWII fighter aircraft, thanks to its laminar flow wing. It can escort bombers as far as Germany thanks to its great endurance. The P-51 enabled the US Army Air Force to gain air supremacy over all the propeller aircraft of the Luftwaffe and the imperial Japanese air forces. All types included,…
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P-40 N5, F-AZKU

P-40 N5, F-AZKU

  © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   © Pierre-Etienne Langenfeld   Robert Warren & Little Jeanne   42-105915 at Tadji, 1973   1973, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée   42-105915 at Tadji, 1973   Robert Warren - 2005   © FFW Previous Next The P-40 is an iconic fighter aircraft, often associated with the “Flying Tigers” of General Claire CHENNAULT. The one, 42-105915, was built in…
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