PRESERVATION
18 Aviation News incorporating Classic Aircraft February 2016North American Rockwell OV-10B Bronco
99+26 (G-BZGL) took to the skies on
November 25 following restoration work at
Duxford, ying to the Bronco Demo Team’s
base at Kortrijk-Wevelgem in Belgium.
Over the next few months further work
will be carried out, including a full repaint
that will see the aircraft returned to the
condition it was in when it left the factory at
Columbus, Ohio, some 45 years ago.
The former Luftwaffe machine rst arrivedat Duxford on September 13, 2001 after a
ferry ight from Fassberg, Germany.
Signi cant work has been undertaken to
remove the ABDR (Aircraft Battle Damage
Repair) which was applied when it was an
educational airframe at Fassberg’s technical
school. Major components – such as the
ight controls, engines, propellers andlanding gear – have also been overhauled,
effectively returning the Bronco to ‘as new’
condition.
The Bronco Demo Team was created
in 2010 by a group of OV-10 enthusiasts,
and has performed at numerous airshows
throughout Europe. The team operates
ex-Luftwaffe OV-10B 99+18 from Belgium
in its original colour scheme – 99+26 is
expected to join it later this year. http://www.
broncodemoteam.comFormer British Airways and British International Helicopters Westland WG.30 Srs100 G-BKGD
has returned to The Helicopter Museum at Weston-super-Mare following long-term loan to the
City of Bristol College at Stoke Lodge Adult Learning Centre. It has been placed as a ‘Gate
Guard’ at the museum’s entrance, together with WG.30 Srs 200, G-ELEC. Geoff JonesWG.30 Returns to
Weston-super-Mare
Bronco Flies Again
De Havilland Museum Launches New Project
The de Havilland Aircraft Museum is inviting World War Two veterans
to record their recollections as part of a new social history project.
Those who ew in DH Mosquito ghter-bombers, groundcrew
who helped maintain the aircraft and civilians who built them, are
being asked to record their memories. Among the rst to face the
lm unit were veterans who attended the London Colney museum’scelebration of the 75th anniversary of the Mosquito’s maiden ight
on November 25. Interviewees included Reg Davies, 93, a wartime
navigator, who lives in nearby Barnet.
Director Richard Knapman is hoping to place the experiences of
many others on permanent record. Mosquito veterans and former
de Havilland workers can contact him at: [email protected]Quax-Flieger
Adds Pilatus P-
Paderborn-based Quax-Flieger has expanded
its collection of airworthy historic aircraft
with the acquisition of Pilatus P-2 D-EGAW.
The group, which is currently celebrating its
tenth anniversary, now consists of over 550
members. The Pilatus, previously based at
Oldenburg-Hatten in northern Germany, is
the rst of several planned additions for 2016.
http://www.quax- ieger.de Stefan SchmollIslander Arrives
Middle Wallop’s Museum of Army Flying
has taken delivery of former Army Air
Corps Defender AL1 ZG993. It was
delivered by road from RAF Shawbury,
Shropshire, on November 25 and will be
placed into storage until the museum’s
new extension has been completed.OV-10B Bronco 99+26 (G-BZGL) ying at
Duxford on November 25. Jessie De Cooman-
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