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Posted by on Feb 21, 2019 in Blog | 2 comments

Well it is so close now we can taste it, now waiting on the weather to improve, Looking good for Tuesday/Wednesday next week!

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Another P39 engine run.

Posted by on Feb 18, 2019 in Blog | 0 comments

For those of you that are interested and we know there are a few here is another video taken by Tony Smith the other morning. Check some of Tony’s other great work at http://tonysmithphotography.co.nz    ...

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P39 Engine run.

Posted by on Feb 5, 2019 in Blog | 12 comments

This afternoon at Ardmore Jerry Yagens P39 had it’s first, successful engine run it was a joy after so long to see this happen. High powers later in the week and who knows what after that. Video now uploaded. Sorry about the first attempt for those of you that...

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Kingfisher Video.

Posted by on Jan 29, 2019 in Blog | 0 comments

The video of the P39 attracted a lot of attention so we thought you may be interested in a video that Kermit Weeks  shot at Pioneer Aero in 2017 and released a month or so...

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New P40N-1

Posted by on Jan 20, 2019 in Blog | 3 comments

At the very successful Airshow held at Gisborne last Saturday Pioneer Aero was proud to announce the start of another P40 Restoration. NZ 3147 a P40N-1 with a very interesting New Zealand history has been sold to an Auckland based businessman and work on this is scheduled to start later this year. As well as being flown up to Guadalcanal and operated in...

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