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When Hollywood Ruled The Skies - Volumes 1 through 4 by Bruce Oriss


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:07 pm 
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Wasting time on Barnstormers today, I saw a few aircraft for sale that, if brought together, could be a neat little budget conscious airshow act.

Lil' Battle of Britain
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https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1613677-Totally-restored-Swift-a-9+10.html?catid=23451
https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1653876-Der-MesserSWIFT!.html?catid=23451

Lil' Empire of the Sun
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https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1654546-2002-YAK-52TW.html?catid=23451
https://www.barnstormers.com/classified-1483768-Falconar-P51D-23-Scale.html?catid=23451

Side Note, it appears my post on the FB WIX page was removed by some admin.

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That Jap-painted Yak-52 looks pretty smart, I've often thought the single-seat Yak-50 would make a great Ki-43 "Oscar" lookalike.


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The Swift definitively has a Bristol tail end look like style the Beaufighter & Beaufort.

Neet looking birds!!!


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The RAF-painted Swift was wrecked in a wheels-up landing last week.


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Ground looped and gear collapsed


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