T-6G Texan : F-AZBQ

T-6G Texan : F-AZBQ

T-6G F-AZBQ AJBS © Jean-Pierre Touzeau T-6G © Michel Germaine Built in 1951, this aircraft was first used by the French Air Force with the F-UJL marks, then F-SFK assigned to the EALA 3/4 squadron.Pilots from the 4th Squadron were sent to Algeria from 1954 to 1962 for law enforcement missions. The Wing received sponsorship from the E.A.L.A. (Light Support Aviation Squadrons) 5/70 and 7/70. Reserve pilots came to reinforce the workforce. They first operated on NORTH AMERICAN T-6G Texans. The E.A.L.A. 5/70 and 7/70 became respectively, EALA 17/72 on December 1, 1956 and EALA 18/72 on July 1, 1957.…
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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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