Fellas
even as a Mustang maniac I stated that the Morane was my personal highlight at Berne. Both the Morane and the P-51D have not gone far over the last few years; the Morane was at La Ferté Alais once –
I guess it’s a safety issue here and considering the stretch of water to cross over to DX, this might be the blocker. In addition to that, the resources of the Swiss warbirds movement most probably are a bit thinner – also regarding logistics.
BTW: the newly restored D-3801 Morane had its first flight on 9th June 2000.
The only flying example of this type actually is a composite airframe, made up from the remains of three airframes:the fuselage of J-84, the wings of J-276 and other components of J-143. Restoration started in June 1994 at the premises of MSW Aviation owned by Max Vogelsang.
As from January 1995 the fuselage construction was rebuilt. October 1995 saw the provisional installation of a replacement engine. During 1996 the wings were reskinned and the landing gear was installed. The first rollout on its own wheels took place in October 1997 and starting from summer 1998 the first engine runs were done at Buochs airfield.
During winter 1999 a new radiator was manufactured and installed; the successful first flight was on 9th June 2000, and the airshow debut already was on 17th June 2000 at the International Airshow at Dübendorf Airbase near Zurich (I was there… 😀 😀 😀 ). This aircraft is registered HB-RCF. The 6-year restoration took over 12’000 man-hours.
Best regards
Martin / Swiss Mustangs
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