Curtiss P-36C, G-CIXJ

Curtiss P-36C, G-CIXJ

Curtiss P-36C (G-CIXJ) ©Darren Harbar Curtiss P-36C (G-CIXJ) © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Curtiss P-36C (G-CIXJ) © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Curtiss P-36C (G-CIXJ) © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Curtiss P-36C (G-CIXJ) © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Curtiss P-36C (G-CIXJ) © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Curtiss P-36C (G-CIXJ) © Jean-Pierre Touzeau Curtiss P-36C (G-CIXJ) © Jean-Pierre Touzeau This aircraft is the last Curtiss P-36C built. After leaving the factory in 1939, it took part in several American air races and to the War Games at Maxwell Field, before serving with several different squadrons on the U.S. East Coast. In 1942, it was labeled obsolete, decommissioned and acquired by a Pratt…
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

Lockheed P-38 Lightning

N25Y - P-38 - Red Bull © Eric BannwarthN25Y - P-38 - Red Bull © Eric BannwarthP-38 © Xavier MealP-38 © Frédéric DebruyneP-38 © Frédéric DebruyneP-38 © Frédéric DebruyneP-38 © Frédéric Fuselier Previous Next The American response to the German Air Force’s ME-109 – efficiency was the key word in development, leading to a radical construction for the time: there were two engines, but just one seat in the cockpit! The machine proved itself immediately…General George Kenny, Commanding Officer for the South-West Pacific Area, described it as ‘my best method against the Japanese’. The General was convinced that the P-38 shortened the…
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Spitfire PR XIX, F-AZJS

Spitfire PR XIX, F-AZJS

  © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth   © Eric Bannwarth Previous Next Built as a PR.XIX with a Griffon 66 engine at Supermarine Aviation (Vickers) Ltd. in 1944 and given production prototype engine mount modifications on 29 November 1944, arriving at 6 Maintenance Unit on 9 April 1945. She was moved to RAF Benson (PRU) for storage on 30…
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Yak 3, F-AZZK

Yak 3, F-AZZK

Yak 3-U PW (F-AZZK) © Eric Bannwarth Yak 3-U PW (F-AZZK) © Eric Bannwarth Yak 3-U PW (F-AZZK) © Eric Bannwarth This Yak was originally built by Alain Capel, in La Ferte-Alais, as a Yak 11. In 2005, it was transformed into a Yak 3U (replica #003), becoming a single-seater equipped with a Pratt and Whitney R2000 engine. Without having flown, it was transported to the United States, and returned to Europe two years later. After a stop with FAST Aero and its first flight on August 28, 2008, in the hands of Frederic Vormezeele, it was acquired by Dutchman Rick Van der Graaf, who…
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CAC Boomerang

CAC Boomerang

CA13 Boomerang (NX32CS)© Eric Bannwarth CAC Boomerang (NX32CS) ©Jean-Pierre Touzeau (01) CAC Boomerang (NX32CS) © Jean-Pierre Touzeau (01) CAC Boomerang (NX32CS) © Eric Bannwarth The Commonwealth CAC Boomerang was the only fully Australian-designed aircraft used in World War II.At the start of the Pacific War, the Royal Australian Air Force had only 175 fighters, moreover, of outdated design.Unable to obtain aircraft from the British or the Americans, who were already under production pressure, the Australians decided to design their own model.The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation then produced under licence the CAC Wirraway, derived from the North American NA-33, a training aircraft which would…
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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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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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