A few from Peru for APC104

yeah, there are at least two or three SVA.5 in italy, but we dont have this version with car wheels 😀 the nose section is at least suspect.. guess they made a major rebuild there…
yeah, the “rotating bin” is …. cant find the words in english!! 😀 😀 😀

Alex

There is a Ansaldo SVA.5 on displat at Vigna di Valle. I am just back and will check when editing my photographs.

Mark12

Thanks for the photos and the contact details. They we´re all I got to see in the end!

After several calls, had to go in person to the Air Force HQ in Lima, only to be told that the Museum had closed for the day! Heading out of Lima today so missed my chance.

For anyone else looking to visit, I spoke with Snr Rodrigez, an English speaking liason officer. Ask a taxi to take you to Campo de Marte and ask for him at the main gate. The airfield is a $2 taxi ride from there. Arrive early (no later than 9am) to give yourself time to make the journey over to the airfield – Alferes Luna.

I was also informed that North of Lima one of the current operational units, “8 Group”, may also have some older aircraft in storage, but no exact details were known.

Thanks
APC104

Don’t you just hate it when people do this?

🙂

First biplane in the selection, with the word “Cusco” on the fin, looks like a WW1-era Ansvaldo SVA.5, methinks. I remember seeing a model of one very similar many moons ago. If it is, I wasn’t sure if any of them survived.

Spot on! Indeed it is just that! Wow, what a rare collection. The autogyro is a Bensen B-8, but I am absolutely stuck on the ‘R2D2-shaped’ monstrosity with rotating wing :confused:

First biplane in the selection, with the word “Cusco” on the fin, looks like a WW1-era Ansvaldo SVA.5, methinks. I remember seeing a model of one very similar many moons ago. If it is, I wasn’t sure if any of them survived.

Excuse my ignorance, but is the second one some kind of Harvard conversion, it looks like one of those Suez-era ‘Corsair’ lookalikes that appear at French shows. Nice looking machine anyhow, shame if it is still stuck outside on a pole…

The only known example of the the North American NA-50A

Mark

Excuse my ignorance, but is the second one some kind of Harvard conversion, it looks like one of those Suez-era ‘Corsair’ lookalikes that appear at French shows. Nice looking machine anyhow, shame if it is still stuck outside on a pole…

Is the first one a Northrop?

The only known example of the the Douglas DB-8A-3P

Mark

Is the first one a Northrop?