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New Zealand-Based Short Solent Repainted

Progress is being made in the restoration

of Short Solent Mk.IV, ZK-AMO, Aranui at

New Zealand’s Museum of Transport and

Technology (MOTAT).

The four-engined  ying boat was built in

Belfast in 1949, and served with Tasman

Empire Airways, the forerunner of Air New

Zealand. It was removed from MOTAT’s

Aviation Display Hall last November for

anti-corrosion work and a repaint. The

aircraft has been surrounded by scaffolding

to facilitate this complex operation and will

be coated in primer, before layers of fresh

paint are applied.

The MOTAT team hopes to have Aranui

back on display by the end of October,

when work will focus on repairs to its

engine hatches. The museum is also home

to another British-designed  ying boat,

Short Sunderland Mk.V NZ4115.

http://www.motat.org.nz

With thanks to Mike Smith

A Harrier GR.3 XZ132 is being offered for
sale by Jet Art Aviation (JAA). The aircraft,
preserved in static display condition, was
recently transported to JAA’s Yorkshire base

• it had previously resided with a private

owner. It can be supplied with a correct

Rolls-Royce Pegasus Mk.103 engine (not

currently  tted to the aircraft, but displayed

on a wheeled stand). For more details see:

http://www.jetartaviation.co.uk

Following two years of restoration, Boeing-
Vertol Chinook H-91 (B-800/CG.071)
was unveiled at the National Museum of
Aeronautics in Morón, Buenos Aires.
Originally  ying in the US as N37007, the
Chinook was one of three ordered by the
Argentine Air Force (FAA) in 1979, and was
delivered on January 14, 1980. Between
April and June 1982, this machine and
H-93 were operated by the FAA during the
Falklands con ict.

After its military career ended, H-91 was

stored at Área Material Quilmes until October

2015, when it was transferred to the museum

for refurbishment. Chinook H-93 is also at

the attraction and is likely to be repainted

into the green and brown camou age

scheme it wore during the Falklands

operation. Esteban Brea

The Harrier GR.3 that is now available for sale from Jet Art Aviation. Chris Wilson-JAA

Chinook H-91 has been restored to static

display at the National Museum of Aeronautics

in Morón, Buenos Aires. Esteban Brea

Harrier for Sale

Argentine Chinook Unveiled

for Display

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RAF logos are trade marks of the UK Secretary of State for Defence and used under licence.

AA36409 EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON T.

ZK380 No.2(AC) Squadron, RAF Lossiemouth,

Moray, Scotland

Scale 1:72 I Lengh 152mm

A A33618 PANAVIA

TORNADO GR.

Z A 4 59/F ‘MacRoberts Reply’, RAF

No.15 Squadron, 90th Anniversary

Scheme, Operation Ellamy, 2011

Scale 1:72 I Lengh 181mm

AA27304 HAWKER FURY Mk.I

K2065, RAF No.1 Squadron, ‘C’ Flight Leader’s

Aircraft, Tangmere Aerodrome, circa 1932

Scale 1:72 I Lengh 157mm

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