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04-06-2005, 10:31 AM
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| Sorry 'bout the sizing!!
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04-06-2005, 11:01 AM
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04-06-2005, 11:16 AM
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| The Aircraft looked even better when it was in the air!
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04-06-2005, 11:39 AM
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04-06-2005, 04:17 PM
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#65 | | He who does not skim
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04-07-2005, 02:48 AM
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#66 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | yeah i've seen some pics of her flying and she did look great!!
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06-30-2005, 11:35 PM
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| There are 32 Flyable for F4U Corsair (Including F2G-1 Super Corsair)
For Corsair, there's alot F4U-4s (also -4B model) are flyable than older and newer Corsair variants today and also probably only one F2G Super Corsair flying today (F2G-1 with Race Color). Likely there will be more Corsair to be restore and to be flyable soon after dug up from South American, North American, and somewhere Pacific boneyards.
All I know that WWII aircraft are flying today and that is:
Curtiss Hawk 75A-1 (Armee de I'Air aka French Air Force)
Lockheed P-38F Lighting (Glacier Girl, the oldest P-38 flying today)
Supermarine Seafire FR. 47 (Restore, probably Seafire flying today)
There's more WWII birds are flying today and some of them are current restoring right now as well like I heard about Heinkel He-111 been recovered from Norway lake (Including Ju88 also), Finland Buffalo been recovered from Big Kali Lake in the Russian republic of Karelia, etc etc many more!
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07-01-2005, 07:54 AM
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#68 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Do you know if they plan to restore the He-111 to flyable condition? The last flying one crashed a couple of years ago. It was from the CAF Arizona Wing. That one was also Franco's personal transport. It was really a CASA built 111 though.
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07-01-2005, 12:55 PM
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#69 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i know a fair bit about warbirds flying in england, can't help with much else though......
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07-01-2005, 01:11 PM
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#70 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | There seems to be some surprises in Australia - maybe "the Wildcat" can give us some info!
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07-01-2005, 01:12 PM
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#71 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | They actually have an impressive amount of flyable warbirds down there, so do the Kiwis.
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07-01-2005, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by evangilder Do you know if they plan to restore the He-111 to flyable condition? The last flying one crashed a couple of years ago. It was from the CAF Arizona Wing. That one was also Franco's personal transport. It was really a CASA built 111 though. | Unsure. Some German Company raise He-111 and Ju 88 from a lake in Norway last year and they both were sent back to Germany for restore, but did not give enough detail about them (They are 1940 aircraft).
Pictures: http://f16.parsimony.net/forum28300/messages/9130.htm
There's gotta be more pictures of He-111 and Ju88, I forgot the links of Norway and Germany online news....
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