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1934 Waco YKC Project “With Rare Ambulance Option” Offered For Sale

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A 1934 Waco YKC cabin aircraft “with rare ambulance option” has hit the market. The listing states (in part):

Jacobs radial – constant speed prop – frame and control services restored – control wheel restored – many more new and rebuild parts including a bump cowl and instrument panel fabricated b Roger James. Disassembled but all parts are there.

The aircraft is located in Kouts, Indiana and is currently available for US $25,000. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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HpH Models Releases 1/32 B-52 Cockpit Kit

HpH Models has released its massive 1/32 B-52 Stratofortress cockpit section model kit.

The new offering is currently priced at €123.97, although this will drop to €120 when ordered together with HpH’s new B-52 1/48 scale kit. The company notes that the new 1/32 scale cockpit section kit consists basically of enlarged parts from the fully detailed cockpit included with the full 1/48 offering.

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PBY-5A “In Flight Conditions” Available For Sale

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Consolidated Vultee PBY-5A S/N CV-332 (CC-CDT) is available for sale.

According to the listing, the machine is “in flight conditions” with water bomber equipment installed. The airframe reportedly has 7193 TT, while the two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 engines are described as having 243 and 127 hrs.

The aircraft is located in Chile and is currently being offered for $350,000 USD, although this is reportedly negotiable. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photo: Pedro Aragão via Wikimedia Commons)

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“Museum Quality” Clerget 9B Rotary Engine Offered For Sale

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An example of the Clerget 9B rotary engine, a type fitted to a number of famous WW1 aircraft including the legendary Sopwith Camel, has hit the market.

The engine (S/N 22500) is described as being in “museum quality condition” complete with two PLR Magnetos, an air pump, oil pump, Kauper gun gear and purpose-built engine stand. Price is currently available upon application. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photos (Engine): Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons Sopwith Camel: SDASM Archives via Flickr)

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“Fully Airworthy, Well Maintained” MiG-15 Offered For Sale

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A “fully airworthy” MiG-15UTI has hit the market. According to the listing, the aircraft came from Poland in the early 1990s and was remanufactured in the US by the same Polish engineering officer who cared for it in Poland during its squadron service.

The aircraft is provided with spare parts (brakes, etc), sufficient for long term use. Ejection seats are active, and the aircraft is provided with the correct parachutes for the seats. Maintenance manuals and flight manuals are included. Avionics are modern digital Nav/Comm, Transponder, and DME. Intercoms are custom made Sigtronics and asre excellent. Power outlets in both cockpits for portable electronics to be powered. Logs are complete and provided. Aircraft is out of annual, stored on jacks in dry hangar in NE USA. Annual will be done after purchase. Labor to install Tail-Beacon ADSB included for purchaser-supplied ADSB system.

The listing also states that training is not included, but is available to qualified purchasers, by the same instructor who flew the aircraft for decades at Test Pilot Schools. It can reportedly be ferried to anywhere in the US at buyer’s expense.

The aircraft is located in Keyport, New Jersey and is currently available for bidding. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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Rare, “Museum Quality” WW1 Bentley BR2 Rotary Engine Offered For Sale

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A rare example of the Bentley BR2 WW1 rotary engine, a type used to power aircraft such as the Sopwith Snipe and Salamander (pictured above), is available for sale.

According to the listing, the engine carries serial 101701 and has two PLR Magnetos and an oil pump and is in museum quality condition. It is reportedly presented on an engine stand with a cut away section on one of the cylinders. An internal inspection revealed that two pistons with con rods have been removed.

Pricing for the engine is available upon application. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

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“One of a Kind, High Performance” XP-Talon Offered For Sale

A “one-of-a-kind” 2011 XP-Talon experimental homebuilt aircraft has hit the market. The machine is described as a high performance sport airplane which is said to look like a cross between a Mustang and a Spitfire.

It is all metal and is powered by a 400 cu.in aluminum Chevy Type Rodeck V-8 engine. The Talon sports a 74″ Hartzell constant speed propeller via a Geschwender 1.7:1 reduction unit. Engine cooling is accomplished with a Griffin radiator under each wind. The oil is cooled through two oil coolers mounted in the cowling. The engine was dyno’d at 420HP and uses a dry sump with a large oil tank behind the rear seat. Fuel is carried in two tanks in each wing for a total of 60 gallons. Fuel burn is 12-15 GPH depending on power settings. It is fuel injected by an Airflow-Performance System. At 3600 Engine RPM and 22″ MP it trues-out at 210 MPH.

The aircraft is located in Prineville, Oregon and is currently being offered for US $194,500, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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“Great Shape, Always Hangared” Stearman PT-17 Offered For Sale

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A W670 Continental-powered 1941 Stearman PT-17 Kaydet has hit the market. The listing states (in part):

Classic/Antique Single Engine Airplane, SMOH: 530, Redline Brakes, Registration N6348, Always Hangared, Plane is in great shape!

The machine is located in Woodland, California and is currently being offered for US $94,900, although offers are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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First Look: Airfix’s Upcoming New Tool 1/48 DH Tiger Moth

Airfix has released a number of new photos showing their upcoming new tool de Havilland D.H.82a Tiger Moth in 1/48 scale.

The kit (A04104) was developed to be “as accurate as possible,” utilizing original research data and engineering drawings as well as information gathered from an airworthy Tiger Moth at Headcorn Aerodrome. It will also incorporate a “clever design feature” for builders looking to acheive maximum detail:

The wing internals have tiny and rather discrete indentations which serve as a guide to the placement of rigging holes, should you decide to go for total authenticity with your build, holes which are not visible if you elect not to rig the model.

The new model will reportedly include to livery options representing K-2585/G-ANKT (formerly T6818), owned and operated by The Shuttleworth Collection and K-4259/G-ANMO, based at Headcorn Aerodrome. The new kit is currently available for pre-order and is expected to be released this spring. Click below to check out additional photos.

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“Excellent Airworthy Condition” Nanchang CJ 6 Offered For Sale

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A Nanchang CJ 6 has hit the market.

Details are limited, although the machine is described as “excellent airworthy condition” and is powered by a Housai 285 HP radial engine. It has reportedly amassed 2816 TTAF, 447 TTSMOH.

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

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