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 Lieutenant) January 06, 2017

Beautiful Sound of P-40's Warhawk & Kittyhawk Test Firing .50 Calibre Machine Guns. Firing Even in Flight!!

Sound amazing! Watch and listen to these Curtiss P-40 Warhawk & Kittyhawk test firing their .50 caliber machine guns, firing even in flight! The P-40 first flew in 1938 and was used until the end of WWII. The P-40 airplane, built by Curtiss-Wright, is a single-place, all-metal, low wing...read more

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 Lieutenant) January 03, 2017

The only remaining airworthy P-40B figther survivor from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour! She is the oldest airworthy P-40B in the world!

This Curtiss P-40B is unique as she is the only remaining airworthy survivor from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 7th December 1941. In additional to this auspicious history she is also the oldest airworthy P-40B in the world.

One of the 131 P40-Bs built at the Curtiss facility in...read more

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 HQ Batallón) December 26, 2016

Sounds Sweet! P-40C Tomahawk & P-47D Thunderbolt Engine Runs!

Flying Heritage Collection took out two of its birds today in order to do some engine runs following their annual inspections. Included is their Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk which sports a new paint job (Nose and tail art by Mick Flynn - You da man!), and also their P-47D Thunderbolt. Enjoy the sounds...read more

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 Lieutenant) December 15, 2016

Outstanding Yakovlev Yak-9 Replica - The First Soviet Aircraft to Shoot down a German Messerschmitt Me 262

This great static and taxi footage of the Yakovlev Yak-9 Replica was filmed at Temora, NSW, Australia by Anthony Portelli, an Historical Aviation Film Unit Media Partner. Like all modern-built replicas, this aircfat uses Allison V-1710 engine, has counterclockwise-rotation props, unlike the...read more

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Only Operational Japanese Zero with ORIGINAL WWII Sakae 31 Engine!!

You just can't get enough of this aircraft, the only operational, original WWII Japanese aircraft in the world today ! This is the ONLY WWII Japanese aircraft that is flyable today with an original Japanese WWII engine, the Mitsubishi Sakae 14-cylinder, Model Ha-35 "Prosperity". A very, very...read more

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 Lieutenant) November 28, 2016

6 Cool Images Changing a Powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 on a P-47 in Saipan, July 1944

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The P-47 was designed around the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp, 18 cylindre engine—the same engine used by two very successful U.S. Navy fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat, Vought F4U Corsair, F7F Tigercat, F8F Bearcat, P-61 Black Widow, A-26 Invader and many others. The P-47D-...read more

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 Lieutenant) November 20, 2016

The first public display of rebuilt Polikarpov I -16

This is the first public display of rebuilt Polikarpov I -16. WWII fighters were displayed at the Wanaka Air Show New Zealand in 1998. Mark Hanna flew in Number. 4 which is shown in this video clip. Mark was killed after landing a Hispano Buchon ME Bf 109 in Spain in 1999 prior to displaying at...read more

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 Lieutenant) November 03, 2016

Rare footage of a WWII ME-262 prototype aircraft conduct a take-off

Rare footage of a World War Two German ME-262 prototype aircraft conduct a take-off. The Messerschmitt Me 262 'Schwalbe' was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. Design work started before World War II began, but engine problems prevented the aircraft from attaining...read more

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 Lieutenant) November 02, 2016

Spitfire MK XVI - First Engine Run In 17 Years! That Merlin Sounded Mighty Happy To Be Running Again!

Nicely done, that merlin sounded mighty happy to be running again! This Spitfire MK XVI rolled out of the hangar for its first engine run in 17 years! It happened on 16 January 2015. They had been flying it after they opened Fantasy of Flight (the world’s largest private collection of vintage...read more

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 Lieutenant) October 14, 2016

Did you know? This Fw-190A-5 is the ONLY FLYING ORIGINAL in the world

It's a Fw-190A-5 - BMW-801, the only Flying Original in the world. Flying Heritage Collection owns and maintains the only flying original Focke-Wulf 190 in the world at this time. Though several are under restoration, this unique Fw-190 was recovered from an overgrown forest in the 1990's and...read more

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