It was brought over to France in 2009, but additional work required by the French authorities before they would allow it to fly there precluded an appearance at La Ferte. However, it was subsequently flown at a couple of smaller fly-ins after being displayed in the static park at Le Bourget.

Now safely back home in California 🙂

The Vampire looks far to clean for me.

Dave

I don’t know, Totternhoe to Duxford doesn’t seem too far to travel if you wish to clean it. 🙂

Wasn’t there also a plan to set up a Hind ‘production line’ to rebuild the Afghan recoveries?

Some very nice shots from a great and very friendly museum. They’ve come a long way in a short time since opening a few years ago. Good catch with the CH-53 arrival.

How is the restoration of the control tower progressing?

The Zero is not really ‘airworthy’, it is a Bob Diemart ‘restoration’ and was grounded by the CAF some years back due to a multitude of issues with its structural integrity.

Same aircraft I believe. Just because it was wearing German markings doesn’t necessarily mean it was ex-Luftwaffe 😉

It was a long time ago……!

Ssssssh! I’m sure it can’t have been more than 5 or 6 years ago. 😮

That’s an E-model (short rear fuselage) and is now owned by FedEx and on display in the Ford Island Museum on Oahu, Hawaii

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40registry/p40-ak979.html

One thing is amazing though. A thread about spelling and we haven’t heard from James:D

Last heard from heading to the land of the long white cloud, so I can only assume that he’s been eaten by a Hobbit or some such! 🙂

Or perhaps been run down by an Anson…………….