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 illustratesanother 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were gradually withdrawn in the 1970s and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 SchmollDo 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 JollyRogers (marked as AJ210), and arrived with
VF-14 Tophatters (as AE 104) in 1983. It
stayed with this unit until 1988 when it joinedVF-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.PRESERVATION
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Grumman F-14D Tomcat 159600 on
display at the Fort Worth Aviation Museum.
Nate LeongItalian 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
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