Category: Modern Era (1945-Present)

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Grumman HU-16B Albatross N10GN Offered For Sale

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1959 Grumman HU-16B Albatross S/N 146427 (N10GN) has hit the market.

The airframe reportedly has 5,710 TTSN (airframe life limit at 8,371 hrs: 2,661 hrs remaining), while the two Wright R-1820-76B engines have 506 and 536 SMOH.

The machine includes an avionics package with Garmin GNS 530 GPS/comm, Collins VHF-20 comm, Collins 331A-3G HSI compass system: PN-101 indicator – pilot’s panel, King KPX-750 transponder, NAT AA12-001 audio panel, Trans-Cal SSD120 encoder, multi station intercom and Bose headset adapters in cockpit. Additional equipment includes Buehn engine L&R pre-oil systems and scavenge systems.

The aircraft reportedly has an FAA Restricted Category (Carriage of Cargo) airworthiness certificate under FAA Type Certificate A33SO, Rev 10 and an FAA approved inspection program. It is located in Chino, California and is currently being offered for $299,000 “as is” or $599,000 with 2x 0 SMOH engines and FWF overhaul. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photo: Alan Wilson / Flickr)

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“Ready for Government Contract Flying” A4D Skyhawk Offered For Sale

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A 1961 Douglas A4D-2N Skyhawk (S/N 12525 / N146AT) described as “ready for government contract flying” has hit the market.

The airframe reportedly has 4321.0 hrs TTSN, while the engine has 3346.9 hrs. A lengthy list of avionics are included and the machine is “sold with all inspections current.” It is located in Texas and is currently being offered for $1,600,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photo: U.S. Navy / Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

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For Sale: 1946 Piper J-3 Cub With “Metal Spars, New Fabric, New Paint”

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A 1946 J-3 Cub with “metal spars, new fabric, new paint” has hit the market. The listing states:

1946 J3 cub. Condition is Used. Hello , you are bidding on a freshly covered and painted airplane, overhauled McCauley propeller! A- 75 continental 832smoh As nice as they come , have logs and 8130s on work. Will have fresh annual for new owner . Thank you and good luck!you are welcome to come take a look before bidding, we have a 2800ft grass runway if you want to fly out. Identifier is OMU7.

The aircraft is located in Lone Jack, Missouri and is currently being offered for US $39,000, although bids are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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“Airworthy and Flying” Fiat G.59-4B For Sale With Major Price Reduction

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Fiat G-59-4B S/N MM-53774 (I-MRSV) has received a “major price reduction” and is now being offered for sale at €1,050,000.

The airframe reportedly has 240 hrs since restoration while the Rolls Royce Merlin 500/20 engine has 240 hrs SMOH by Zeuschel Racing Engines. The machine is touted as one of only ten G.59-4Bs built and one of only two “airworthy and flying” examples in existence today. It performed its first post restoration flight on May 25, 1992 from Lido di Venezia Airport with with Guido Zuccoli at the controls.

The aircraft is painted in original Aeronautica Militare Italiana markings and reportedly includes an avionics package consisting of 2 x VHF Bendix King KX155 Comm, 1 x Bendix King KT76A Transponder, ACK 30 Encoder and Bendix King KR87 ADF. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(via Platinum Fighter Sales Photo: Gian Marco Anzellotti via Wikimedia Commons)

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For Sale: “Oldest Two-Seater Harrier in Existence, Longest Serving Harrier Ever”

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1969 Hawker Siddeley Harrier XW175 (VAAC) is available for sale. The machine is touted as a “significant benchmark airframe” with many claims to fame:

Oldest 2-seater Harrier in existence; Longest serving Harrier ever; 1969 to 2008 last flight: Staggering 40 years service; The last fixed-wing aircraft to launch from HMS Invincible; First Harrier to achieve more than 100 ski jump ramp launches; Only surviving example of a development batch two seat V/STOL ground attack and reconnaissance fighter/trainer. Built to specification: SR(A)386; First 2 seat Harrier to take off from a ski jump launch ramp in August 1977; Flown by great test pilots such as John Farley and Justin Paines; Only Fly-By-Wire Harrier ever; Cutting edge research aircraft used for trial supporting Joint Strike Force (JSF) and other platforms; In July 2019 it celebrated its 50th birthday.

According to the listing, all sensitive trials equipment and items of US origin have been removed from the aircraft and it has been reverted back to all British spec designated as Harrier T4A. The machine is located in England with pricing available upon request. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(via Jet Art Aviation, Ltd. Photo: Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK / CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

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Ex-DH Chipmunk Gipsy Major 10 MK2 Engine Offered For Sale

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A Gipsy Major 10 MK2 engine (S/N 11137) is available for sale. The listing states (in part):

We have to offer a Gipsy Major 10 MK2 engine removed from a Chipmunk in 1999 at 2420:05 HRS. There were no defects at time of removal and it has been inhibited and stored ever since. There are two log books with the engine that date back to 1977. There are no ancillaries that come with the engine but we do have cores available of most components should you require them.

The engine is located in Cambridge, United Kingdom and is currently being offered for £7,500, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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De Havilland Ghost 48 Mk1 Jet Engine Offered For Sale

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A de Havilland Ghost 48 Mk1 jet engine, a type that powered aircraft such as the de Havilland DH-112 Venom, is available for sale.

Details on this particular example are limited, with the listing stating that the starter is present and included, although no paperwork is provided. The engine is located in Ireland with shipping “easily arranged to UK or rest of Europe.”

The Ghost is offered at EUR 3,800.00, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

(Additional Information via NASM)

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“Fully Airworthy” Beech 18 Offered For Sale

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Beech Model 18 G-BKGM has hit the market.

The aircraft just completed an epic journey around the USA and Central America and reportedly did so without “a single technical unserviceability, or delay.” The listing states (in part):

Airframe: 11342.6 hrs since 1952 construction. All major mods incorporated (spar-strap etc)

Engines: L/H complete replacement zero-hour unit from Covingtons has 90hrs as of now. R/H was replaced similarly by previous owner about 10 yrs ago and now has 390 hrs on it.

Props: shop overhauled for last CofA in March 2017. They have a three-year shop-visit requirement.

All work done by RGV Staverton.

The machine reportedly includes an inventory of extras with “all documents/records” available. It is currently in store at its new base in Warwickshire, UK with viewing by arrangement. Pricing is listed as £165,000 + VAT subject to conditions. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photo: James from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire / CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

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Three Airworthy English Electric Lightnings Offered For Sale

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Three examples of the English Electric Lightning described as “airworthy” are currently available for sale.

ZU-BBD (Service Registration: XS452, pictured above) is a two-seat T. Mk5 which was reportedly built in 1965. In 1988 it was delivered to Cranfield and subsequently bought by Tony Hulls and restored. The Aircraft was fast taxied at Cranfield Airshow. It was later bought by Mike Beacheyhead in South Africa and registered as ZU-BBD. The service history is listed as follows:

Service: “452” 226 OCU, “T” 11 Sqd, “X” 111 Sqd, “X” 56 Sqd, Akrotiri Station Flight (Flamingo on PINK fin, pink-blue nose markings), used APC-detached UK Lightning squadrons, “Y” 11 Sqd (‘C’ Flt). First flight in dark green experimental camouflage. LTF, lent 5 Sqd, “T” 11 Sqd, “Z” LTF, “DZ” LTF, “BT” 11 Sqd.

Also available is Lightning F. Mk6 ZU-BEY (Service Registration: XP693) and ZU-BEW (Service Registration: XR773). Pricing for each machine is available upon application. Click here (ZU-BBD), here (ZU-BEY) and here (ZU-BEW) to check out respective listings.

(Photo (Cropped): Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa / CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

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“Airworthy, Ex-Swiss Air Force” DH Vampire T Mk 55 Offered For Sale

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An “airworthy, ex-Swiss Air Force” 1953 de Havilland DH115 Vampire T Mk 55 (SE-DXU / S/N U1238) is available for sale. The listing states (in part):

First built as a T11 for RAF service in 1953 and rebuilt by the Swiss Air Force in 1967 and the airframe Zero Timed and new engine. Put into service as a T55. Previous ID: RAF 40279… MTOW: 6069kg; Total Hours: 1228 hrs; C of A Permit to fly renewal due: Feb 2020; Manufacturer: Federal Aircraft Factory – Switzerland; Aircraft Class: Fixed-Wing Landplane; EASA Category: Non-EASA; Engine: 1x Goblin 35. Current Hours – 387 ( TBO increased to 600 Hrs with Mods 1136, 1140 & 1141 in Log Books). Avionics Fitted: New 8.33 Mhz Radio to be fitted. Fatigue Information: Basic (Fatigue) Hours – 650 Hrs remaining on the wings.

The price has been reduced to £47,500 sterling, which reportedly includes a new 8.33 radio. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photo: Herranderssvensson / CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)