© Frédérik VANDENTORREN © Frédérik VANDENTORREN © Frédérik VANDENTORREN © Frédérik VANDENTORREN © Frédérik VANDENTORREN Constructed in 1945 as a P-51D-25-NT by North American at the Dallas, plant in Texas, USA, the Mustang was taken on strength with the United States Army Air Force with serial number 45-11518. Right after its delivery the Mustang was delivered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force with serial number NZ2427.Following many years of storage in New Zealand, the aircraft was restored to flying condition by Maurice Hammond in Suffolk, between 1997 and 2001, with a first flight on July 14, 2001, as ‘Janie’.…

© Jean-Pierre Touzeau On the ground, you will be impressed by its clumsy appearance and large dimensions but do not be fooled by appearances, in flight the T 28 is very homogeneous, allowing it to perform all combat and basic aerobatic figures. Built by the North American company in the early 1950s, the T 28 was intended for training US Air Force pilots. At the end of the 1950s, France will use this plane, renamed FENNEC, during the Algerian conflict.Technical specificationsSingle-engine low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle landing gearWright Cyclone 1425 HP engineMax speed: 550 km / hRange: 1,700 kmTakeoff weight:…

  © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   On the ground, you will be impressed by its clumsy appearance and large dimensions but do not be fooled by appearances, in flight the T 28 is very homogeneous, allowing it to perform all combat and basic aerobatic figures. Built by the North American company in the early 1950s, the T 28 was intended for training US Air Force pilots. At the end of the 1950s, France will use this plane, renamed FENNEC, during the Algerian conflict. Technical specifications Single-engine low-wing monoplane with…

    G-IBSY © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   G-IBSY © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   G-IBSY © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   G-IBSY © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   G-IBSY © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   G-IBSY © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   G-IBSY © Jean-Pierre Touzeau   On 11th September 1942 Spitfire MK Vc EE602 was built by Westland in Yeovil, Somerset under contract number B124305/40. When built, EE602 was fitted with the universal ‘C’ wing configuration. This allowed it to be fitted either with 8 machine guns, 4 20mm canons or a mix of 4 .303 machine guns and two 20mm canons. This aircraft had the mix of machine…

P-51 Little Rebel @ Jeff StoermerP-51 Little RebelP-51 Little RebelP-51 Little RebelP-51 Little RebelP-51 Little Rebel ThisMustang OO-PSI is former USAAF 45-11495 (c/n 124-48248). It is painted in the colours of Mustang 44-13737 ‘Little Rebel’, a so-called ‘blue-noser’ with code ‘PZ-W’ as was flown by Charles ‘Buck’ Pattillo, one the pilots of 486th FS, one of the three Fighter Squadrons in the USAAF 352nd Fighter Group. Before receiving its Belgian registration, the Mustang used to be registered as N5551D.

  Hurricane I R4118   Hurricane I R4118 Hawker Hurricane I R4118 (G-HUPW) is the only airworthy Hurricane to have participated in the Battle of Britain and is one of the most historic surviving Second World War fighters. Designed by Sir Sydney Camm, the Hurricane first flew in November 1935 and entered service just over two years later. Despite being overshadowed by the Spitfire, the Hurricane played a crucial role in the war, performing a wide range of roles effectively. Its fabric fuselage was easy to repair, and its thick wing provided impressive turning performance. Today, only around 16 airworthy…

Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’© Dan Harbar© Dan Harbar© Dan Harbar© Dan Harbar© Dan Harbar© Dan Harbar© Dan Harbar© Dan HarbarHawker Hurricane IIB BE505 (G-HHII), known as ‘Pegs’ The Hawker Hurricane IIB BE505, known as 'Pegs', is the only airworthy two-seater…

© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau© Jean-Pierre Touzeau Previous image Next image The Hawker Fury FB.11 is a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, and one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built. Developed during the Second World War, the Fury entered service two years after the war ended. The Fury proved to be a popular aircraft with a number of overseas militaries, and was used during the Korean War in the early 1950s,…

Previous Next This Mustang with the serial number 44–74453 was manufactured at the North American Aviation Plant Inglewood, California in 1944. Built close to the end of the war, it has not seen any wartime activity and was stored by the United States Army Air Forces until 1950, when it was sold to the Royal Canadian Air Force. It was in service with the RCAF until 1959 when it was once again sold to a private civilian owner in the US.From then on, it had different owners and was painted as ‘Glamorous Gal’ until 2011, when the plane was damaged…