Worldwide Numbers of Warbirds Flying by Type

[JohnB]

In addition to the Soaring by the Sea Foundation's newly-acquired AD-4N Skyraider N5716, the Pacific Northwest has another new AD....

Since photos have emerged on the web of it being transported by road from the port, I'm not really breaking a confidence....

The ex-UK-based Skyraider (G-RADR, IIRC), arrived in the U.S. via Seattle in June.

It is currently being prepared for flight, I understand with a fresh 3350.

It's new owner hopes to fly it by the fall.
I don't have a registration yet.

[JohnTerrell]

Thank you, John. I was just recently wondering about the status of that Skyraider, and will look forward to hopefully seeing/reading about its return to flight, in the Pacific Northwest.

This evening, I've finally gotten around to adding to the list the recently-completed Yak-3UPW OO-JBE, which was just test flown for the first time, at Brasschaat, Belgium, a few days ago. This is a completely new-on-the-scene Avioane Craiova- built Yak-3, that has been in the works at FAST Aero in Belgium for a number of years now. The detail and quality of work that FAST put into the restoration/build is phenomenal. It's fitted with a P&W R-1830, and is on the market: https://www.controller.com/listing/for- ... y-aircraft

[Paul Stroud]

C-47 Dakota ZA947 of the RAF BBMF flew again on 29th August after a 3 year overhaul at Duxford and has now returned to it's RAF Coningsby base.

[MKD1966]

Has anyone heard anything about the red Sea Fury in Germany ? I haven't seen anything about it in a long time and last photos I seen it's looking beautiful...

[JohnB]

An ownership and location change for the DC-3, N877MG.
Flies in Pan American colors, participated in the 2019 70th anniversary of D-Day transatlantic flight while with John Sessions' Historic Flight Foundation out of Paine Field and later, Felts Field, Spokane.
Now based in Lewiston Idaho with the Hangar 180 group founded by Gary Peters.

Hangar 180 began with primarily civil types of the '30s, but also includes a P-64 replica, P-40N and P-51D.

[Hooligan2]

Unfortunate DC-3 news is an accident to Florida Air Cargo's N271SE which swung off the runway on take off from West End Airport in The Bahamas on Monday 15th September. No injuries and fingers crossed that the old Warrior is only lightly scarred.

She was better known to British enthusiasts as G-APBC until the early 1980s and I do remember seeing her at Gatwick on several occasions with Skyways or Air Freight or some such outfit.

[JohnTerrell]

The Planes of Fame Air Museum's P-47G Thunderbolt, 42-25234 (N3395G), returned to flight on September 13th, following an engine overhaul, as well as a lot of other work performed firewall-forward, which began during the summer of 2024. Last year, the P-47's landing gear, landing gear doors, brakes and wheel wells were also completely overhauled.

The Planes of Fame Air Museum's F4U-1A Corsair, BuNo.17799 (N83782), returned to flight on September 23rd, following a two-year in-depth overhaul/restoration and new paint, by California Aerofab.

[Hooligan2]

The American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum A-26B N9682C suffered a nose wheel collapse at Ponca City OK yesterday, trust the damage is relatively light.

[JohnTerrell]

Unfortunately, as is the case with nose gear failures in the A-26, the props came into contact with the runway, which of course will have also affected the engines. Its been said that the aircraft experienced a nose wheel shimmy on the takeoff roll and the takeoff was aborted. The aircraft veered off the runway into the grass. The nose gear apparently collapsed forward, rather than aft as in normal travel.