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Two utility aircraft, signi cant in the

rebuilding of German military aviation after

World War Two, have been unveiled to the

public by the Quax-Flieger organisation at

Paderborn.

A large group has restored Do 27 57+

to airworthy condition over several years.

The aircraft, now registered D-EQXG,

is painted as LC+155 in its original

Bundeswehr colours, and will be operated by

the club during the 2018 season.

The second aircraft, D-EKFG,  ew as

57+40 with the military, and now belongs to

a Quax-Flieger club member. It illustrates

another important paint scheme worn by the

type, representing U.9-51, one of 50 CASA

127s built for the Spanish Air Force.

The Do 27 was the  rst post-war

German aircraft to be built in large numbers.

Between 1955 and 1965 more than 600

were constructed – serving in around 20

European and African countries. They

were gradually withdrawn in the 1970s and

1980s, and acquired by private owners

and  ying clubs, but relatively few remain

airworthy today.

Dornier Do 27 ‘U.9-51’ (left) with Do 27 LC+

at Paderborn recently. Stefan Schmoll

Do 27s Rolled Out

Staff at the Fort Worth Aviation Museum in

Texas have completed their restoration of

Grumman F-14D Tomcat 159600.

Built in 1975 as an F-14A, it was the US

Navy’s longest serving Tomcat when retired

in 2006. In 1978, it  ew with VF-84 Jolly

Rogers (marked as AJ210), and arrived with

VF-14 Tophatters (as AE 104) in 1983. It

stayed with this unit until 1988 when it joined

VF-142 Ghostriders.

After being converted to F-14D status,

it  ew with several other squadrons

culminating in a tenure with VF-

Tomcatters, which nicknamed it Christine

after the Stephen King novel.

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F-14D Restoration Complete

Grumman F-14D Tomcat 159600 on

display at the Fort Worth Aviation Museum.

Nate Leong

Italian Anniversary

Unveiling

The 40th anniversary of the Italian Air Force

Museum at Vigne di Valle was marked

by unveiling of the world’s only complete

Reggiane Re 2002 Ariete.

The single-seat  ghter-bomber is

painted to represent an aircraft of the

Regia Aeronautica’s 239 Squadriglia during

late 1943.

George Medal Whirlwind

The Morayvia museum in Kinloss, Scotland, is to refurbish a

helicopter used in the  rst major North Sea oil eld rescue in 1965.

The disaster occurred on December 27 when two legs of the

Sea Gem drilling platform collapsed causing the whole structure

to capsize. Flt Sgt John Reeson  ew the 202 Sqn machine from

Lecon eld in Yorkshire and helped, in adverse conditions, with the

rescue of survivors. Of the 32 crew, 13 died. His actions that day led

to him receiving the George Medal.

The Westland Whirlwind, HAR.10 XJ723, arrived in Scotland

towards the end of last year from storage and will now be refurbished

to static display condition. The restoration is in tribute to John, who

died in November 2014.

Anson Rebuild for

Scottish Display

Avro Anson C.19 TX226 is to be rebuilt to static display condition at

Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre on Scotland’s east coast. The

aircraft was built at Yeadon, Yorkshire, between January and August

1946 and was bought by the centre in a disassembled state.

Ansons of Coastal Command were based at Montrose throughout

World War Two. On February 23, 1940, a 269 Sqn example  own

by Flt Sgt Tony Reen successfully attacked and sank an enemy

submarine off northern Scotland’s Cape Wrath.

Spanish Puma

at Museum

Aérospatiale SA330L Puma HD19-3 was

moved on November 21 to the Spanish

Air Force Museum (Museo del Aire) in

Cuatro Vientos, Madrid.

The former 801 Escuadrón helicopter

made its last  ight from Son San Juan,

Majorca, to Cuatro Vientos on April 28,

marking the withdrawal from service of

the Puma  eet after 44 years.

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