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PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:36 pm 
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The Collings Foundation's Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, N41476, is now flying and has been added to the list. http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restora ... NT2st3f6ZQ


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:35 pm 
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JohnTerrell wrote:
The Collings Foundation's Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, N41476, is now flying and has been added to the list. http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restora ... NT2st3f6ZQ


Sure is! Regarding your note in italics, I think we are indeed going to double the amount of flying Hellcats in the next few years. Those would of course include Rod's that you stated, Yanks, Allied Fighters, and Fagen's (ex-Yanks)!

Question... is Collings the most authentic/best restored now? I know that Dan's and FHCAM's are both very nice as well... CAF and Erickson are not 'bad', but definitely not the scale of the others IIRC. I have been lucky enough to see all of them at least once in person!


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Hawker Fury FB10 OO-ISS has now flown in Belgium, looks awesome in its original Iraqi scheme. Also certified but not yet flown is VH-III FAH 603, the Dash 5 Corsair which suffered a wheels up landing, after engine and prop replacement and airframe repairs it will fly when the weather permits, also now listed for sale on Platinum Fighters.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:42 pm 
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Changes made. ; )

I agree, the Iraqi markings are very attractive on the Sea Fury.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:25 pm 
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John, saw on FB that A-26 N167B is flying, doesn't look like that's on your list


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:28 pm 
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Thank you for checking! It has been on the list, it's based in Sweden.


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PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:40 pm 
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JohnTerrell wrote:
Thank you for checking! It has been on the list, it's based in Sweden.

Right on! I knew I saw you comment on that FB post, and was thinking how would John not have it listed?! I didn't even look under Sweden haha.

But while I'm here... I think it's time to change P-38 N505MH to Pudgy (V) ? :wink:


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The Flug Werke Fw-190A WkNr.990013, registered as D-FWAA, was successfully test flown today at MeierMotors by Klaus Plasa. This aircraft is the former french-based Christophe Jacquard example that had been registered as F-AZZJ, that was forced to ditch in the sea near Hyères back in 2010 due to a prop failure. Following several years of work at MeierMotors, the aircraft has been restored from the ground up and now features many original Focke Wulf mechanical components. There are now, at present, at least 9 Flug Werke Fw-190's flying in the world, in addition to the FHCAM original Fw-190A.

The aircraft is owned by Hangar10/Air Fighter Academy, based in Germany.

(Image from the MeierMotors Facebook page)

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You can add N763A to your DC3 \ C47 list. It is based at Anchorage and it is ready to go. I know that it wasn't flown since it was ferried to Alaska from Florida, but it is complete and operational. The owner is a friend of mine and I go there in September to fly with it.


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PostPosted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:04 am 
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Thank you! It has been added.


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I saw that you removed DC3 N59314 after its landing accident. The owner said that it will fly again in 10 days ;-)

Another new dakota flyer is N144WC which is a BT67 and was pictured at Oshkosh.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:29 am 
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Thank you! N144WC has been added.


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Great job John!
Will mail some additions.


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I think when Sandy owned it, it was his go-to business plane or commuter.

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Added the active MiG-17's and A-4 Skyhawks that I'm aware of:

There are about 8 MiG-17's flying in the world:
United States: (N1710, N1713P, N217SH, N406DM, N620PF, N6953X, N717MG, N917F)

-----Purposely Not Included: N1426D, N217JG, N217RH, N711TF, and N905DM which haven't appeared to be active in the last few years. A number more have clearly not been active.


There are at least 26 A-4 Skyhawks flying in the world:
Canada: 7 (C-FGZD, C-FGZE, C-FGZH, C-FGZI, C-FGZO, C-FGZS, C-FGZT)
United States: 19 (N142EM, N143EM, N144EM, N145EM, N146EM, N147EM, N161EM, N162EM, N163EM, N164EM, N166EM, N167EM, N234LT, N250WL, N252WL, N49WH, N518TA, N524CF, N7051J)


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