Posted by admin on Oct 1, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

Everynow and then you come across something that makes you stop and think With the new P40 project was a set of original rubber fuel tanks clad in leather as you can see from the attached photos these are in remarkable condition. Interesting also to note the date. Yesterday after a protracted test flight schedule Dave Brown finally signed off on...

Posted by admin on Sep 23, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

It has been a busy month, the annual servicing on Strikemaster 62 has been completed and the annual on CAG is almost done. Both of these have been carried out in the back of the New Zealand Warbirds main hangar which has added a dynamic element to what has largely been a storage shed. We have had alot of positive comments on this and there have certainly...

Posted by admin on Aug 18, 2015 in Blog | 2 comments

The best laid plans!! We had intended to carry out the annual servicing on Strikemaster 72 in New Zealand Warbirds hangar starting early September. However 62 had the last say and last week decided to drop all of the fluid out of it’s LH main leg so in conjunction with sorting this problem the annual on 62 has also started. A different aircraft and a...

Posted by admin on Aug 5, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

The container is on it’s way, for those of you that are interested I have been sent a very interesting link by Mark Sheppard which covers the history of the aircraft in service and contains some great photos of it’s recovery. http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/english/articles/sheppard/p40recovery/

Posted by admin on Aug 2, 2015 in Blog | 2 comments

This one however is, the cheesy grins say it all. After enduring temperatures in the high 30’s the container in Missouri is just on done. Congratulations to Steve and John for getting it done so rapidly and now you can have a couple of days to look for more good stuff to fill the gaps.

Posted by admin on Jul 28, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

A container and a crane this can only mean one thing.