Category: Modern Era (1945-Present)

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“Beautifully Restored, Ready to Fly” 1954 Harvard Mk IV Offered For Sale

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A “beautifully restored, ready to fly” 1954 Harvard Mk IV is available for sale. The listing states:

Serial # PC513331; Registration # N52494; Features Include: Polished aluminum exterior, 5000 hours Total Time, 490 Hours since Engine Overhaul, KY195B Nav / Com, KT76A Transponder, Northstar M1 GPS, New Warbird Intercom, Pre-Oiler, Cleveland Brakes, Polished Propeller, Prop Spinner, New Seats, Like New Glass, Original exhaust plus a custom exhaust!

The aircraft is located in St Louis, Missouri and is currently being offered for US $185,900, although bids are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

(Photo: Bill Larkins via Wikimedia Commons)

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Rare Jaguar T2 Cockpit Section Offered For Sale

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The cockpit section of Sepecat Jaguar T2 XX140 has hit the market as a restoration project. The product description states:

Jaguar T-Bird cockpit sections are very rare. To our knowledge there are only two. This one and the one on display at Norwich Aircraft Museum.

We are now offering up the cockpit as a project cockpit as can be seen from the photos it needs some work. The cockpit is reasonably complete externally (see pics). It has a “new old stock” canopy all fitted to the fwd cockpit which on its own cost £5k. The nose cone is included. We can unbolt it at the bulkhead if required if the new owner required the intakes removing to make the unit more manageable, however we think the intakes really make it!

The section is located in Selby, United Kingdom and is available for £9,999.99, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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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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Special Hobby to Release New Tool Short Sunderland Model Kit

Special Hobby has announced the upcoming release of their long awaited new tool Short Sunderland Mk V model kit in 1/72 scale.

Details about the upcoming kit (SH72162) are lacking, although the company describes it as “a brand new model, yes just ours – no cooperation with anyone else.” The box art depicts SZ566/Z, which was flown by Vaclav Bergman in Singapore during the Korea War. Liveries to be represented in the kit have not been reported.

The Sunderland is currently slated for release in April.

(Special Hobby via AeroScale)

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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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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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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.

(Additional Information via Aerial Visuals)

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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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