Yesterday was a significant day in the restoration of P40E S#41-13570 with the wings and fuselage being mated. A great way to mark the end of our Covid 19 lock down. Thanks must go to the whole team for getting to this milestone, thanks also to Mark from On Call Cranes for his expertise with the lifting. Below are a few photos from yesterday more and lots...
Read MoreDue to the rapidly evolving health alert in regard to Covid-19 Pioneer Aero regretfully has had to close it’s doors to all visitors as from today. We hope you will respect this decision and why it has been made, we are keeping a close eye on what is happening and will inform you when we are back to being our usual inclusive selfs.
Read MoreI have just heard from Allan Udy of the Historical Aviation Film Unit that the video he shot at Ardmore on the P39 has had over 630,000 views. This is a huge number and shows peoples fascination with this rare aircraft. For those of you that missed it or need a refresh the link is...
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Last Friday we were honoured to receive an award from the New Zealand Division of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The award recognises the work done by the entire team at Pioneer Aero for their work on the Bell P39 Airacobra aircraft for Jerry Yagen and other historically significant aircraft. We would like to thank the Royal Aeronautical Society for this...
Read MoreIt has been a long while since we have had a complete P40 wing sitting in the hangar, you forget how large they are. Here is the joined wings for P40E S#41-13570 and now the landing gear fit and plumbing are taking place. The other two P40 projects also continue to make progress.With the leading edges being worked on for the other E model and a start being...
Read MoreWe have had a few issues with the website that we are having fixed no so apologies to those that have been unable to access photos, the fix is in hand. While the rest of the Hangar has been busy building and fixing Warbirds Jason has been busy putting some paint on a DR 107 One Design aerobatic machine for David Wilkinson. Black stripes on today and out...
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