| Random files - Aviation Museums & Collections |
IL-2m3 38r Prague, Letecke Muzeum Kbely (LKKB) 25th October 2008145 viewsdetail
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Ilyushin IL-14P Sinsheim Museum 17 April 2005131 views0833 'Bulgarian Air Transport' ex- Polish Air Force
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USS Intrepid Pier 86 Manhattan NY Oct 1989 83 viewsLaunched in 1943, USS Intrepid took part in six major Pacific War campaigns including Leyte Gulf, history’s greatest naval battle, surviving five Japanese kamikaze suicide planes. Later saw service in the Korean and Vietnam wars and was twice a recovery ship for NASA astronauts. Decommissioned and mothballed in a Philadelphia shipyard and slated for demolition until rescued by New York philanthropist Zachary Fisher. Refurbished between 2006 and 2008. Many new planes incl Concorde and Space Shuttle.
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Avia S-199 (Bf109K) UF-25 Prague, Letecke Muzeum Kbely (LKKB) 25th October 2008131 viewsdetails
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Polikarpov PO 2 Armee Museum Dresden July 1991141 views
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general view Hall C Prague, Letecke Muzeum Kbely (LKKB) 25th October 2008202 views
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USS Intrepid Pier 86 Manhattan NY Oct 198993 views141538 Lockheed T-33B c/n 580-9594 about to be painted in white with daglo nose and tail. Was ready by May 1990.
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National Museum of Military History, Saxonwold Johannesburg 5 April 1992104 views110305 Messerschmitt 262B-1aU1 "Air Min 50" (red 8, IV/NJG 11). FuG218 radar tested at Farnborough
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| Last additions - Aviation Museums & Collections |
93+98 Cottbus 28 Feb 1993133 viewsMi-9 ex- KHG-3 NVA 482 c/n 340001. In the background you can make out a large number stored prior to disposal.Feb 18, 2016
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96+18 Cottbus 28 Feb 1993131 viewsMi-24D ex-KHG-3 (NVA540) c/n 730212Feb 18, 2016
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Cottbus 28 Feb 1993123 viewsMiG-15/17, An-2, L-29? parts. They had to grab what they could before it got scrapped. They did well. A re-visit is planned!Feb 18, 2016
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313 Aero L-29 Armee Museum Dresden 5 Nov 1990179 viewsFeb 01, 2016
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D-ADGP Shuttleworth May 1992120 viewsMiles M2L Hawk Speed Six c/n 160 built 1935. Owned for 17 years by Ron Paine, who raced her in several Kings Cup Air Races finishing second five times. Dec 26, 2015
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G-AEBB Shuttleworth May 1992120 viewsOwen HM14 Pou-du-Ciel (Flying Flea) c/n KWO.1 Dec 26, 2015
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G-ADPR Shuttleworth May 1992120 viewsPercival D.3 Gull Six c/n D55 built 1935, owned by Jean Batten between 1935 and 1940 (record flights to Brazil and New Zealand), impressed as AX866. Sold controversially in 1995 to New Zealand to raise badly needed funds (Jean was born in NZ...) and now 'DPR hangs suspended in the Auckland Airport terminal. Dec 26, 2015
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G-AOTD/WB588 Shuttleworth May 1992116 viewsDHC-1 Chipmunk 22 c/n C1/0040, sold 1994Dec 26, 2015
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