Fly Past

May 2018 FLYPAST 15

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Comanche Fighters’ Curtiss P-40M
Kittyhawk 43-5508 and 43-5802 Lulu
Belle were on display at the Planes
of Fame Air Museum’s monthly
Living History Flying Day at Chino,

California on February 3.

Featured speakers at the event were

Charlene Fontaine, executive director of

the Flying Tigers’ 69th Association, and

Col Edward Ernest Feichtinger. After the

speeches, Matt Nightingale of California

Aerofab fl ew a memorable display in

Lulu Belle, which is painted to represent

P-40N 44-2104590, the fi ghter fl own by

World War Two ace Lt Philip Adair of the

89th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter

Group. FRANK MORMILLO

Kittyhawk duo ‘stars’ at Chino’s Living History event

Curtiss P-40M ‘Lulu Belle’, formerly owned

by the UK’s Hangar 11 Collection, with

Kittyhawk 43-5508. FRANK MORMILLO

Canadian Hornet’s

Battle of Britain tribute

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s
newest fi ghter squadron has painted
a McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet in
commemorative colours to celebrate
the service’s heritage.
401 Tactical Fighter Squadron was

reformed as a second operational Hornet

unit at 4 Wing, Cold Lake alongside 409

Squadron in 2015, and one of its fi ghters

now has special markings.

Each side of CF-18 188731’s tail depicts

401 Squadron combat operations,

highlighting both the fi rst and the most

recent. The starboard side features

the Battle of Britain with appropriate

camoufl age pattern, while the port is

adorned with insignia used for 2016’s

Operation Impact in Iraq. The unit fl ew

25 missions in the latter campaign.

Both sides of the tail also feature 401’s

ram mascot. ANDREW CLINE

McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet 188731

fl ying in a special livery recently.

ANDREW CLINE

The remains of Lockheed L-749A Constellation

F-BAZS were discovered in February off the

Gulf of Fethiye in the Mediterranean by the

Turkish Navy. The Air France airliner ditched

there on August 3, 1953, after encountering

engine problems. Thirty-eight of the 42

people aboard survived the incident and

were rescued. TURKISH NAVY VIA ROGER SOUPART

Cessna 310J LV-IOI has been transferred

to the training centre at Morón Air Base in

Buenos Aires. Confi scated by authorities

after it was used for drug traffi cking, it

served with the Argentine Air Force as ‘T-12’

before being acquired by Morón’s National

Aeronautics Museum in airworthy condition.

GABRIEL PAVLOVCIC VIA JUAN CARLOS CICALESI