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THE REAL DEAL- HISTORY WITH HEART (Pt.1)
Paul Allen’s unique Focke Wulf Fw 190 has completed a long and complicated journey to flight which began with its discovery in a remote Russian Forest some two decades ago. The brief issued to JME Aviation Ltd was straight forward enough - if not far from simple! Restore this rare aircraft to as original as possible, and return it, as close as possible, to how it looked on the day of its last flight. In this, the first part of an in-depth article, we take a look at the fighter bombers history and then Bruce Gordon describes the painstaking restoration that followed to structurally complete the aircraft to the highest degree of originality demanded by the Flying Heritage Collection. Jim Larsen provides the air to air photography.
KILLER KOMET Following on from our detailed look at the restoration of the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford’s Komet we now focus on the remainder of the survivors and their known history, backed up by ‘then and now’ photos. Frustratingly the identity of some airframes remains a mystery, a product of post war confusion and indifference; however we are fortunate that because of their relatively small size and perceived ‘novelty’ value a relatively healthy number remain to remind us that out of the desperation of war comes ground breaking technology.
IN PURSUIT OF FLIGHT – FLYING THE ‘AMERICA’Readers of Classic Wings will have been following our reports on the construction and testing by the good folks at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY, of the faithfully produced replica of the ‘America’ Flying boat. This remarkable achievement reached its zenith with the first public flight of this great ‘boat’ in 2008. As part of the follow up article experienced pilots Jim Poel (sadly since passed away) and Lee Sackett describe what it was like to get this magnificent aircraft off the water and into the air.
THE RESURRECTION OF A HURRICANERon Werneth updates progress on one of the world's earliest surviving Hawker Hurricane Mk. 1 fighters and a Battle of France veteran which is being painstaking rebuilt to ground-running condition by the Cambridge Bomber and Fighter Society in the United Kingdom.
THE FALL OF THE BARONWe still read countless references in books and within electronic vehicles that the topic of the death of Manfred von Richthofen “Is still the subject of much dispute”. This should no longer be the case and perhaps, should never have been the case. After years of studying the subject, Editor Graham Orphan travelled to the place where the fatally wounded Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen brought his famous red Triplane down for the last time, to try to gain a better sense of that final flight.
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- well there were a few with Stars 'n Bars flown, but none in RNZAF colours.
) on the Thursday of the air show week - that is the day before practice day.The major hold up at present is the cowlings which have yet to be made which means it will be on static display for the weekend rather than being a flyer.
