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World’s Only Flying Bushmaster Tri-Motor Offered For Sale

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Bushmaster Tri-Motor serial #1 (N7501V), touted as “the only Bushmaster still flying” is available for sale. The listing states (in part):

Always wanted a Tri-motor? Here’s your chance! In 1954, Bill Stout purchased the rights to the last Ford 5-AT Tri-motor design. This is Serial #1, the only Bushmaster still flying. Stout’s idea was to offer a simple, rugged passenger aircraft — he certainly succeeded. N7501V has flown from Siberia to Florida and nearly everywhere in between. ‘985 powered and tough as nails. It is available now to anyone interested in historic aircraft representing the culmination of tri-motor designs. Barnstorm around in this Unique, Fun-to-Fly, one-of-a-kind historic aircraft! Available once-in-a-lifetime.

The aircraft is located in Redondo Beach, CA and is currently being offered for $925,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photo: SDASM Archives via Flickr)

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“Hot Rod” of Provost Jets Offered For Sale, “Flies Great”

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A Rolls Royce Viper-powered BAC Jet Provost Mk IV has hit the market.

The Mk IV is “considered to be the hot rod of Provost jets.” This particular machine (S/N XR-701) was reportedly assigned to the British College of Air Warfare and was a member of the MACAWS flight demonstration team. It reportedly “flies great” and includes “complete logs since new including military logs.”

Additional features reportedly include a Garmin radio and PS Engineering intercom and “very original” interior with intact seats and chutes (seats have been deactivated but are believed to be complete).

The aircraft is said to have amassed a TTIS of 5,940 hrs. It is currently based in Sugar Land, Texas and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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“Beautiful Flying,” Full-Scale Fokker Dr.1 For Sale

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A full-scale, Warner-powered Fokker Dr.1 reproduction is available for sale. The listing states:

First flight August 2017 (100 year anniversary). 165 H.P. Warner, all aluminum cowing, brakes, tail wheel and tail skid, Spandau machine guns, starter, satin finish Poly Fiber Aerothane, interior placards in German, rudder bar, control stick with blip switch and machine gun levers. Eight years building. 400 pictures available. Beautiful flying airplane; electric start; aerobatic box spars.

The machine wears the colors of von Richthofen’s 425/17 (illustrated above) and is located in Columbus, MI. Pricing is available upon request. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Top Image: Herbert Ringlstetter – www.aviaticus.com via Wikimedia Commons)

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F-4 Forward Fuselage Project Offered For Sale

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An F-4 forward fuselage is available for sale.

Details are limited, although the listing states that the section is a museum project located in Slippery Rock, PA that is currently being offered for $15,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Top Image: Kaboldy via Wikimedia Commons)

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Grumman HU-16C Albatross Offered For Sale

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A 1955 Grumman HU-16C Albatross has hit the market.

The machine, which is being offered for US $17,500, is described as Navy Bureau No. 142428, and is located in Tucson,AZ. Additional details are scarce, although the listing is accompanied by a sizable selection of photos. Click here to check it out.

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1940 Allison V-1710-F2R Engine Offered For Sale

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A 1940 Allison V-1710-F2R engine has hit the market.

The engine is located in El Paso, Texas and is listed as Bureau Model V-1710-27. Additional details are scarce although the listing does feature a number of photos. Click here to check it out.

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1960 De Havilland CS-2F Tracker Offered For Sale

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A 1960 De Havilland CS-2F Tracker has hit the market. The listing states (in part):

This aircraft was the second last of 100 S2 Trackers built in Canada by DeHavilland for Grumman. Serial number 098/1599 served on the Majestic-class HMCS Bonaventure aircraft carrier for a period of time before it was decommissioned and sold to the Saskatchewan Government where it was reconfigured to fight forest fires. It served the Saskatchewan Government for many years until retired in the late 1990’s. This aircraft is for static purposes and to my knowledge can not be made airworthy in Canada. There are no logs available for the aircraft and does not come with engines or props. It is sold as is. Pick up only. Airplane was successfully towed backward over 250 miles to its current location. Cleveland brakes removed. Comes with tow bar and various faring panels

The machine is located in Warman, Saskatchewan, Canada and is currently being offered for C $45,000, or about US $34,004. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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Former EAA Grand Champion 1934 Stinson Reliant Offered For Sale

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1934 Stinson Reliant SR-5E NC14187 has hit the market. The listing states (in part):

Tom Laurie of Newport Beach, California, spotted this Stinson in the back of a hangar at FlaBob Airport, Rubidoux, California in 1974. Laurie, after 10 years, finished the restoration in 1984 and was awarded the 1984 EAA Grand Champion Antique trophy at Oshkosh against one of the most formidable fields ever assembled at an EEA Convention… The San Diego Air & Space Museum acquired the Reliant in 1997 following Laurie’s death… The Reliant has been periodically flown, in a hangar all the time and an Annual each year. New Annual in November 2018. New tires. FAA Registry Record. All Maintenance Manuals. Registration good until August 31, 2020.

The machine is located in El Cajon, California and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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Aero L-29 Delfin “Spirit of Freedom” Offered For Sale

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An Aero L-29 Delfin has hit the market.

The listing lacks a description, but it appears that the machine is N129MR “Spirit of Freedom” which served with the Czechoslovak Air Force from 1965 to 1987 and competed in the jet class of the Reno Air Races from 2010-2016 as #55.

The aircraft is located in Brigham City, Utah and is currently being offered for US $55,000. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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F-94A Starfire Fuselage Offered For Sale

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An F-94A Starfire fuselage has hit the market.

Details are scarce, although the machine is identified as a 1948 model number 2 prototype and is listed as a parts aircraft. It is located in West Islip, New York and is currently available for $20,000. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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