Airborne comeback for former Royal Navy Staggerwing

Beech D17S Staggerwing N18V flew for the first time in around 35 years late last year from Leopoldsburg, Belgium. The 1944-built machine was firstly delivered to the USAAF before being shipped to the UK under the Lend-Lease programme. It flew as FT507 with the Royal Navy before returning to the US in 1946. It served briefly with the US Navy before acquiring civil registration NC18 on July 31, 1946. Staggerwing N18V airborne in Belgium on September 8 Jan Mangelschots Via