drain fuel, preserve the engines, remove battery,…

*a P-40 with a Merlin up front, a scratchbuilt fuselage, wings cobbled back together after being sawn apart for transport years before, and a tail section containing a mix of Harvard and Bolingbroke bits…!

So basicly nothing P-40 about it :p Any pics?

that, or gallons of WD40 🙂

Nice to see the new plans! The fire really was a giant disaster 🙁

How many are their in the UK? How come their isn’t a flying one?

What’s the Cambodian Gunship? French type?

Does anybody have a web site or URL for surviving B-17’s.

Also does anybody know the current identity/status of G-FORT that was once owned by Doug Arnold at Blackbushe in 1985.

Many thanks for any help.

Flies in the states as “Thunderbird”.
B-17 info:
http://www.aerovintage.com/b17bits.htm

Hope they don’t start fake-painting either… that Canuck is a Canadian one, if they would have wanted a Belgian one, they shouldn’t have scrapped them all!

There are more totally unique aircraft in the collection i would hate to dissappear. The MiG-21 and -23BN are both ex-USAF instructional airframes, with the -21 being ex-Indonesia and -23 ex-Egypt. It would be an absolute shame to lose aircraft with such amazing stories to tell.

Canuck won’t happen I think. We flew a different Mk then the canadian that is displayed, so I think it will remain in Canadian colors. On the other hand, the Hunter in Red Devils team colors is completely wrong. It’s an F4 and they flew F6 hunters. The only F6 remaining in Belgium will go up a pole at Chievres normally. It was recently “restored”. There is so much corrosion, its basicly a pile of dust riveted together with sheetmetal and a bucket of paint thrown over!
I am in favor however to loose the Migs, F-4, L-29, Ouragan, Gina, Draken, Vampire and Hind. Nothing to do with Belgian aviation and the space could go to Belgian aircraft now in storage!