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An aviation life - aircraft, airfields, museums, airshows - and Mosquitoes!

Aeronautica aeronautica

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An aviation life - aircraft, airfields, museums, airshows - and Mosquitoes!

    The hugely successful Bell AH-1

    The hugely successful Bell AH-1

     
    This particular Bell AH-1F attack helicopter was a gift by the US Department of Defense to the British Army Flying Museum. It can be seen on display in the Museum, on the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop, in Hampshire.

    • 8 min
    The Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib - the Royal Navy's first 300 mph fighter

    The Hawker Sea Hurricane Ib - the Royal Navy's first 300 mph fighter

    The unique Sea Hurricane Ib, the sole flyable 'hooked Hurricane' in the world, is seen here at Old Warden airfield, home of the Shuttleworth Trust.

    • 6 min
    The Shield Xyla -showing that every Ground Power Unit has its day!

    The Shield Xyla -showing that every Ground Power Unit has its day!

    The unique Shield Xyla is powered by a Ground Power Unit, and is a very eccentric British one-off aircraft!

    • 3 min
    The Sopwith One and a Half Strutter - crazy name, great aircraft

    The Sopwith One and a Half Strutter - crazy name, great aircraft

    The aircraft described has since been moved from the RAF Museum, London to the RAF Museum, Cosford. The 'thumbnail' image shows it in its new home.
     

    • 6 min
    Ep. 15 Almost a BBMF Chipmunk - a wolf in wolf's clothing

    Ep. 15 Almost a BBMF Chipmunk - a wolf in wolf's clothing

     
    Here we see an immaculate DHC-1 Chipmunk, in a 'modified' version of a Chipmunk of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the Royal Air Force's last user of the classic Canadian-designed trainer.

    • 6 min
    The C-47A - a magnificent D-Day survivor

    The C-47A - a magnificent D-Day survivor

     
    This superbly restored C-47A is now with Kermit Weeks' private collection in the U.S.A. It is shown here at Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England, wearing the markings it wore on D-Day, 5/6th June, 1944. Flying from RAF Upottery, it carried part of Easy Company, 506 PIR, 101st Airborne Division, U S Army, the famous 'Band of Brothers'.

    • 5 min

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