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Fiesler Storch at MAM.

Posted by on May 15, 2019 in Blog | 0 comments

Another day waiting for the P39 to turn up and yet another type of aircraft to help out with. Steve, Marty and Craig helping out the crew from the Military Aviation Museum assemble a Fiesler Storch for the upcoming Airshow. Still having a little too much fun it looks like from here.

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The wait continues.

Posted by on May 13, 2019 in Blog | 0 comments

As the waiting continues the team from Pioneer Aero have kept themselves busy assisting the MAM engineers. Having the weekend off they used it to best advantage and made the pilgrimage to Kitthawk, would have been rude not to.

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Waiting and helping out

Posted by on May 10, 2019 in Blog | 1 comment

A delay at the border for the P39 container has meant that the team from Pioneer Aero have arrived in Virginia minus aircraft. While they are waiting they have been filling in their time by assisting the team at the Military Aviation Museum to prepare their inventory in preparation for next weekends Airshow. To us back here in New Zealand it just looks...

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A different perspective

Posted by on May 7, 2019 in Blog | 2 comments

A Month or so ago we had a visit from a non aviation photographer who took a series of shots around the hangar which shows the place through a different set of eyes. The focus is not so much on the technical which ours tend to be but on the everyday workings. Please click on the link below to view and thanks to Maria for these great shots....

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Reshuffle.

Posted by on Apr 29, 2019 in Blog | 5 comments

With the P39 only days away from it’s new home and the re-assembly team ready to leave early next week the rest of the hangar is now changing shape. The wing jigs have been erected and building P40 wings now is starting in earnest with at least 2 sets needed. To accommodate this the P40-E has been moved into the “next out the door”...

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Moving on.

Posted by on Apr 4, 2019 in Blog | 1 comment

With the P39 on the water and heading for its new home at Virginia Beach it is time for us to again concentrate on P40’s. This includes carrying out the annual servicing on Ardmore based P40 ZK-CAG  and getting her ready for the Omaka airshow.

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