Fantasy of Flight owner Kermit Weeks has shared the December update on his Messerschmitt Bf 108 restoration project.
The latest video features Fantasy of Flight Restoration Specialist Paul Stecewycz providing an update on current work as well as a wrap-up of the year’s progress before ending with another personal insight into how he got started in aircraft restoration.
Click below to check it out.
Continue reading Kermit Weeks Shares New Video Update on Messerschmitt Bf 108 Restoration
ICM has released its highly anticipated new tool Gloster Gladiator Mk.I model kit in 1/32 scale.
The kit (32040) utilizes “100% new molds” and is described as ICM’s very first attempt to release a 1/32 plastic of the type into the market. It reportedly includes a highly detailed engine and cockpit interior as well as four marking options.
Product Page ($75.99 ICM via AeroScale)
Please Note: This post contains an Amazon affiliate link. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Please Note: This is an archived post. The information presented here may not be current and the associated listing may no longer be active.
A 1935 Davis D-1-W is available for sale. The listing states (in part):
For sale is a RARE 1935 Davis D-1-W. (One of only 3 or 4 still flying) SN-801 was the last one built. Aircraft Total Time 859.9 51.9 SMOH on 165hp Warner overhauled by Radial Engines LTD. New Sensinich Wooden Propeller in 2019. Annual due May 31, 2020 but will be sold with a fresh annual inspection. Equipped with a Concord battery and electric starter and Communication radio. Runs and Flies great.
The machine is located in Gainesville, Texas and is currently being offered for US $125,000. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.
Please Note: This post contains an eBay affiliate link. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Please Note: This is an archived post. The information presented here may not be current and the associated listing may no longer be active.
An example of the legendary Pietenpol Air Camper has hit the market. The listing states:
Pietenpol Air Camper Airplane motor is 0-145 Lycoming 65 Horse 3rd one built by Kyle Bradford FLy’s Great Good Fabric and Good Paint Fly’s from either seat No Electric Hand Prop
The aircraft is located in Independence, Kansas and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.
Please Note: This post contains an eBay affiliate link. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
Please Note: This is an archived post. The information presented here may not be current and the associated listing may no longer be active.
A reproduction of the Junkers F13, the world’s first all-metal commercial aircraft, has been spotted for sale.
The aircraft (HB-RIM S/N 13-001) reportedly has an airframe total time of 161:50 h (284 landings), while the Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior R-985-AN-14B engine has a total time of 91:33 h. The machine is described as seating 1–2 crew / 4–5 passengers and boasts “leather Interior Vienna + Santa Fe Brown” as well as an intercom and avionics package.
The F13 is located in Switzerland and is currently being offered for USD $2,100,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.
(Photo: Matti Blume via Wikimedia Commons)
A Grumman F3F pedal plane has been spotted for sale, accompanied by the following description:
2250hr TT, 450hr SMOH, Current certificate but needs cosmetic attention to bring back to original condition. one owner, 7 lessees, numerous flybys, airshows, fly-ins, 4th of July Parades. Missing engine and pilot, in search of new plane captain.
The listing also points out that the pedal plane was “rebuilt 1989” and in “Good operating condition, combat damage repairs in evidence.” It is located in Cleveland, Ohio and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.
Please Note: This post contains an eBay affiliate link. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
For the latest installment of the Fantasy of Flight Mechanic’s Corner video series, owner Kermit Weeks shares an update on the restoration of his Messerschmitt Bf 108.
This update has been “a long time coming,” having been postponed by “multiple distractions” including Hurricane Dorian. In the report, Fantasy of Flight restoration specialist Paul Stecewycz explains some of the delays, and catches us up on the ongoing work, which centers on the fuselage, tail, rivets, and wood and metal parts that need to be recovered in leather.
Click below to check it out.
Continue reading Kermit Weeks Shares September 2019 Messerschmitt Bf 108 Restoration Update
Please Note: This is an archived post. The information presented here may not be current and the associated listing may no longer be active.
DH.82A Tiger Moth VH-RVE has been spotted for sale. The listing states (in part):
This stunning Tiger Moth is originally a UK manufactured aircraft and has a total of 341 hours on both airframe and engine since full restoration and full CofA. All AD’s are currently up to-date. Due at next inspection are the mandatory instrument AD next 100 hourly. This has been a ground up nut and bolt restoration and every piece of wood has been renewed (replaced). English built, originally from the UK via NZ then on to Australia. Includes Radio, Cloth headset.
The aircraft is currently being offered for £60,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.
(via Historic and Classic Aircraft Sales Photo: Alec Wilson via Wikimedia Commons)
Airfix has shared an update on their upcoming new tool de Havilland Tiger Moth model kit in 1/48 scale.
The kit used the company’s 1/72 Tiger Moth released in 2014 as a starting point and utilized “a mass of research data which had been gathered in support of the earlier project,” including “all the CAD files and individual component drawings.”
The recent update includes a first look at the new kit’s initial test frames, which are described as “the very first components to be produced from the new tooling blocks” and therefore “subject to alteration.” It also includes a look at the first build from the new parts. A few features are also mentioned, including a representation of the blind flying hood which was fitted to the rear cockpit of the aircraft and anti-spin strakes on either side of the fuselage.
The new kit (A04104) is slated for release sometime this autumn and is currently available for pre-order. Click below to check out additional images.
Continue reading First Look: Airfix’s Upcoming 1/48 Tiger Moth Model Kit
Please Note: This post contains an Amazon affiliate link. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
In his latest video, Fantasy of Flight owner Kermit Weeks has announced the restart of his Lockheed Vega project.
This particular aircraft was purchased from Dave Jameson after Hurricane Andrew devastated Weeks’ Polk City, Florida collection in 1992. In arrived at Fantasy of Flight in 1995 and, having not flown in over a decade, was placed on static display. In 2012, restoration was begun by Kevin Kimball, but Weeks eventually had to postpone the project “due to various distractions.”
The new video announces the project restart and captures Kimball stopping by to take a look at the project and going over some of the work that has been done – including looking over the cartons of Vega parts, and making a plan for moving forward on the restoration. Click below to check it out.
Continue reading Kermit Weeks Announces Lockheed Vega Project Restart in New Video
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}