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 Post subject: Re: 2022 Restorations
PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 1:02 pm 
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What ever happened to Corsair's 97280/N712RD and 97302/N68HP? Are they under rebuild?

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 Post subject: Re: 2022 Restorations
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Stephen Rister wrote:
What ever happened to Corsair's 97280/N712RD and 97302/N68HP? Are they under rebuild?

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Both registered to Corsair Enterprises Inc- (J. Tobul)


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 Post subject: Re: 2022 Restorations
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My annual prediction: The Planes of Fame P-59 will not fly in 2022!
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How is the A6M Zero coming along that Fighter Rebuilders is going through for Fagen Fighters ?


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Doug Matthews' F-86 "Beauteous Butch" may be a possibility for 2022 as well. It has been undergoing engine tests and taxied for the first time recently.

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How is the A6M Zero coming along that Fighter Rebuilders is going through for Fagen Fighters ?
They are actively working on it.


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Spitfire IX PL344 at HARS NSW

https://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/301446/thread

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PL344 arrived sometime in the past couple of months and has taken up residence at HARS for reassembly, any remedial work, and preparation for its issue of an Australian CoA and its first flight in Australia. It has been given the Australian registration VH-IUK and has conducted some preliminary engine tests in recent weeks. It is scheduled to conduct a number of further engine run up and tests this coming weekend during the planned HARS Tarmac Days as it moves closer to its first flight in Australia.


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MKD1966 wrote:
How is the A6M Zero coming along that Fighter Rebuilders is going through for Fagen Fighters ?
They are actively working on it.


Thank you bdk...


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The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association's Harvard Mk 4 20304 (C-FBZT) will be taking to the skies again in the spring of 2022 following a 12 year restoration by our volunteers.

She hasn't flown since November 1963. We had her fully assembled for a dedication ceremony last fall, but Covid delays and other issues have pushed the first flight to next year.
http://www.airic.ca/html/hvd20304dedication.html

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She hasn't flown since November 1963.

Now there's a neat project! How cool.

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 Post subject: Re: 2022 Restorations
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Spitfire Mk.IX MH603 had its first post-restoration test flight today, performed by Steve Death, from Scone, N.S.W., Australia (Saturday December 11, 2021), followed by a couple more flights soon after. With so many Mk.IX generation Spitfire projects being built up as two-seaters as of late, it's wonderful to see another stock, single-seat Mk.IX flying in the world! (Cropped version of one of the photos shared on the Pays Aviation Facebook page.)

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The RAAF Museum's P-40E A29-90 (41-25123), under restoration at Precision Airmotive at Wangaratta in Victoria, Australia, is also very close to making its first post-restoration flight. This will soon be followed by the first flight of Ross Pay's TP-40N NZ3184 (42-105875), which is also nearing completion at Precision. (Screengrab from a recent video posted by Precision Airmotive on Facebook of P-40E A29-90).

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As shared on the MeierMotors Instagram account, they have had a second Bf 109E project underway (in addition to the Spanish Civil War example, nearing completion). This one, a Bf 109E-3, WkNr.2372, is owned by Hangar 10. The wreckage which formed the basis of the project used to be displayed at the museum some years ago.

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 Post subject: Re: 2022 Restorations
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Additionally, Spitfire T.9 ML295 (originally a stock single-seat Mk.IX), very near completion at Biggin Hill in the UK, just might fly before the end of the year. This one is somewhat unique among the restored/converted T.9 Spitfires flying today, as it is fitted with stock Mk.IX wing armament/cannons.

The re-restoration and "TP" conversion of P-40N 42-105120 is very close to completion at American Aero Services, and it will no doubt be flying very soon in the new year.

Kermit Weeks has both a Boeing 100 and the all-red Boeing 100A (originally built for Howard Hughes) nearing completion, both of which are expected to fly in the new year. (Photos posted on the "Øyvind's P-12" Facebook page)

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 Post subject: Re: 2022 Restorations
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JohnTerrell wrote:
This will soon be followed by the first flight of Ross Pay's P-40N NZ3184 (42-105875), which is also nearing completion at Precision. Furthermore, a factory-style TP-40N, also nearing completion at Precision, will be completed/flying shortly following those two.

So NZ3184 isn't being restored as a TP-40N? For some reason they were one and the same.

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This one is unique among the restored/converted T.9 Spitfires flying today, as it is fitted with stock Mk.IX wing armament/cannons.

MH367 would disagree (as far as cannon are concerned, anyway):
Image4b1ae30e-93d7-4d40-bc6f-29e5138a7bd9_zps5yximc2z_34860937774_o by Zac Yates, on Flickr

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 Post subject: Re: 2022 Restorations
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Thank you, Zac. Yeah I had my wires crossed a bit with the P-40 projects - now fixed. Thank you too about pointing out MH367 - I also forgot that the T.9 PT462 has the cannon fairings as well (and TE308 of course used to).


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MKD1966 wrote:
How is the A6M Zero coming along that Fighter Rebuilders is going through for Fagen Fighters ?

I saw a Zero fly at Chino yesterday. I suspect it was the Fagan example.


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