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Pretty darn cool!!!!

"Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IV NZ3220 Gloria Lyons, still resplendent in her original wartime paint, complete with several dozen mission markings. This aircraft is already at Omaka undergoing a sympathetic conservation back into static condition".
http://warbirdsnews.com/aviation-museum ... splay.html

Then




Kittyhawk NZ3220 'Gloria Lyons', from No. 2 Fighter Operational Training Unit in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, for a War Bonds Drive.











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From John Saunders
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=101 ... 8628979660

"We've tried to keep it pretty quiet...but the secret is out .... we 'might' have taken Gloria for a quick hop at Omaka recently - can really only show the photos of Team Curtiss refueling the aircraft....and hopefully none of her flying make it to the CAA"

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Wow! What a time capsule! How did it avoid getting a shark mouth?

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Absolutely gorgeous!

Make me wonder what could have been with the Egyptian P-40

Put one of four replica bombs on yesterday. The wooden supports are original and were ejected with the bomb when dropped.

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That looks amazing Dave, thanks for sharing! I can't wait to see her in person in September.


The RNZAF had taste. 

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"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22