Harry Worthan Hawk 75 Finnish Air Force 2/LeLv 32

Harry Worthan has done it again turning a Carousel 1 Curtiss P-36 Hawk into a  Curtiss Hawk Model 75 A2 of the Finnish Air Force. Custom changes included a full repaint with some light weathering as well as the addition of 4 wing mounted machine guns.

This particular aircraft, CU556, was the personal mount of Captain Aulis Bremer during the spring and summer of 1942. Captain Bremer was the Flight Leader of 2/LeLv32 for two years following the beginning of the Continuation War. 

He achieved 2 1/2 of his total of 7 1/2 victories while flying CU-556 and was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander of Training Squadron 33 (T-LeLv 33) in September 1943. He retired from the Finnish Air Force in May 1959 after a distinguishing career.

CU-556 was credited with 10 1/2 total victories while being flown by six different pilots, including Captain Bremer. It was the only documented aircraft in the Finnish Air Force, that for some unknown reason, had the swastikas on the wings painted in the reverse position.

Falcon Models IDF Mirage IIIC 101st Sqn. Hatzor AB.

Falcon Models FA725008 Dassault Mirage IIIC, IDF/AF 101st (1st Combat) Sqn, Hatzor AB, Israel. 

Photos by SuperKungFu.

F6F Hellcat First Engine Run - Flying Heritage Collection

Flying Heritage Collection's F6F Hellcat ran for the first time since restoration today, and this video catches the first three engine runs. This video is purely for my fans who LOVE airplane noise! It's about 14 minutes of static engine runs. Also, you get to see how the wings fold and unfold on the Hellcat. The Hellcat will be getting its final markings painted in the near future, so stay tuned to see that.

Wings Over Wairarapa Airshow - Saturday 19th Jan

My friend Stew recently attended the Wings Over Wairarapa Airshow and sent some pics. 

Howdy all,

A great day out!! Good practice for my camera skills, still very much the novice and surprisingly only 126 pics taken on the day. 

Happy with this first shot, possibly my best flying photo yet and as you can see mother nature helped with a beautiful blue background. There are a few blurry ones but have thrown them in for good measure. 

Enjoy!

 

Corgi AA39703 Sea Hurricane Mk.IIC

Corgi AA39703 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk.IIC, 835 NAS, HMS Nairana, 1944. 1/72 Scale Certificated Limited Edition of 1300 Pieces.

Photos courtesy of regtheveg.

HM pre-production photos, HA3406, T-2 21st Fighter Training Sqn.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series, HA3406, Japanese T-2 Trainer, 21st Fighter Training Squadron "Special Marking" 2003.

Final product photos, HA2510, F-105D "The Polish Glider".

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series, HA2510, F-105D Thunderchief 59-1822, "The Polish Glider" 44th TFS/355th TFW Takhli, Thailand, 1970.

Republic F-105D s/n 59-1822 was assigned to the 44th TFS 355th TFW with the tail code RE. The 44th TFS was referred to as “Yankee Air Pirates” by their enemy.

This aircraft was flown by Major Don Kutyna of Polish decent so he named 59-1822 “The Polish Glider” and he was given the nickname “Yankee Air Polack”.

Major Kutyna flew 120 combat missions over Vietnam. Later Kutyna became Commander of the Air Force Space Command at Peterson AFB, Colorado from 1987 – 1990. From 1990 until 1992 he was Commander in Chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Space Command.

In 1992 after 35 years in the military he retired as a General. 59-1882 was retired to the Polish Aviation Museum in Cracow, Poland awaiting restoration.