We finished off October with the first engine run on the Zenair 801 taking place at 16.00 on Friday. All went well there and we now await a visit from CAA next week and then hopefully she is in the air. Monday morning and as the heavens opened MAF arrived to inspect the new arrival which as you can see is only a quick paint job away from...
Read MoreUnveilling.
Just arrived on the tarmac ready for the big unveil at 11.00am on Monday.
Read MoreMaintenance update.
The repairs to the P40 CAG fuselage are all but completed, the coolers have been removed for repairs and the 100hr annual servicing is about to comence. It is all go with the Strikemaster fleet this month 72 has been having some hydraulic system components serviced and is now ready to take to the air again....
Read MoreTempest Departs.
In June 2012 Eric Hertz bought out to Pioneer Aero two bottles of bubbly. The first one was drunk to celebrate the arrival of two container loads of parts from France that it was hoped in a year or two’s time would be a flying Hawker Tempest MkII. The second unfortunately remains unopened, this was the bottle that was going to be drunk to celebrate...
Read MoreP40 servicing.
Look at Current Maintenance under projects to keep up with the latest at Pioneer Aero. Now the Mustang TAF has been finished and is now back flying it is the turn of the P40 to have a once over.
Read MoreCurrent Maintenance.
Just some additions and minor change to the web site, the main one being the addition of a Current Maintenance in the projects. We thought there maybe some interest in this, we are currently working on the P51 TAF and coming up maintenance work and annuals on the P40 CAG and Strikemaster 70. Photos of this to follow. There have also been some additional...
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