Category: WW1 Era (1914-18)

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Curtiss Jenny Project With “Many Original Parts” Offered For Sale

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A Curtiss Jenny project is currently available for sale.

The aircraft was reportedly “rebuilt and improved structurally and mechanically in the Philippines” before being disassembled and brought to the US. The example is said to boast many original Jenny parts and is powered by “new 3.8 Ford motor.”

The Jenny, which currently “needs to be finished being put back together,” is located in Great Falls, Montana and is being offered for $39,999, although bids are also being accepted. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

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“The Flying Machine” Winter 2019 Edition Now Available!

Aerodynamic Media, LLC is proud to announce the release of the tenth issue of The Flying Machine: Early Aero Quarterly.

Issue #10 Contents:

36 Pages – Recreating the Ferguson Monoplane: The First Irish Aircraft to Fly; Vintage Turnbuckles – Some History and Some Solutions; Military Aviation Museum’s Biplanes and Brews Recap; The Right Project at the Right Time (Part 2); News Briefs: World’s Only Fully Restored Curtiss Model F Takes Flight, Authentic WW1 Hangars for Your Vintage Aircraft Now Available, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Curtiss Jenny Touches Down, Products

The Flying Machine focuses exclusively on “aeroplanes” manufactured prior to 1920, as well as the current work of historians, builders, restorers, museums and collectors to preserve and promote interest in the early years of flight. Published in print and digital formats, The Flying Machine is offered on a pay-per-issue basis – no subscription required!

Join us as we pay tribute to early aircraft and the visionaries, geniuses and daredevils who conquered the air while producing some of the most fascinating, ingenious and beautiful machines in aviation’s short history.

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Original Curtiss Jenny Rudder, Seat and Cowling Offered For Sale

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Three original Curtiss JN-6H1 Jenny parts have hit the market. The listing states:

Here are 3 original JN6H1 aircraft parts. The rudder has the original fabric. There are some breaks in the fabric but it is all there. The wicker pilots seat is fragile. The back has partially detached from the bottom. The cowling is in good condition. The leather padding shows some wear. There is no glass in the windscreen frame. Due to the fragile condition of these items I’m asking for local pickup only. If the buyer wishes arrange for a shipper to pick it up they can do that too. Located in Pensacola Florida.

The parts are currently available for US $9,000. Click here to check out the complete listing on eBay.

(Top Right Photo: SDASM Archives via Flickr)

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Kermit Weeks Shares Curtiss Jenny Restoration Update [Video]

Fantasy of Flight’s Kermit Weeks has posted a new video update on his Curtiss Jenny project, presented by restoration specialist Ken Kellett.

As previously reported, the aircraft (S/N A5360 / C/N 2404) was damaged when Hurricane Andrew struck the Florida-based collection back in 1992. Since then, all damaged wood and metal components have been replaced, including all of the wing spars and fuselage longerons. The paint work, which is just about complete, saw the application of the same USAAS markings the machine wore while it was based at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh back in the 1980s.

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Newly Completed Albatros D.Va Reproduction Offered For Sale

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A newly completed Albatros D.Va reproduction is available for sale. The listing states:

2018 ALBATROS D.V.a, TT 0 TIME, SMOH 0 TIME, SPOH 0 TIME, AIRSPEED ANENOMETER (ORIGINAL 1916), ALUMINIUM MACHINE GUN, BUILT ACCORDING TO PLANS PURCHASED FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM, WOODEN PLANE, Location: Que. R/N 8001 ALUMINIUM MACHINE GUN CECONITE 101-3 FABRIC CUSTOM MADE FCUSTOM MADE FIRESTONE 30″ X 31 1/2″ TIRES

The aircraft was constructed in Canada between 2008 and 2017 and is powered by a 6-440 Ranger 200 hp engine. It wears the colors of the D.V flown by Lt. Hans Böhning of Jagdstaffel 36 / 76 and later Uffz. Hopf, also of Jagdstaffel 76. Pricing is available upon request.

Click here to check out the complete listing. For additional information about this reproduction check out issues 1 and 5 of The Flying Machine journal.

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Eduard to Release New Tool Fokker D.VII Model Kit, Line to Follow

Eduard has provided an update on their upcoming new tool Fokker D.VII model kit in 1/72 scale.

The kit, which will reportedly debut in May, will be “a scaled down version of the 48th scale kit,” but will be “modified to the point where the older and larger version will be mostly unidentifiable.” The type will also be the subject of a line of kits representing a number of variants. Eduard CEO Vladimir Sulc writes: Continue reading Eduard to Release New Tool Fokker D.VII Model Kit, Line to Follow

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Make Offer: Flying Sopwith Camel Reproduction Offered For Sale

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A 1993 full-scale Sopwith Camel reproduction is available for sale with “make offer” pricing. The listing states:

1993 Sopwith Camel full size replica. 391 TT. New Warner Super Scarab 165 hp, 25 SMOH . New exhaust. Starter, brakes , tailwheel steering, radio. Flown regularly off pavement and grass. Fys great. Airplane is US registered and currently flying in Florida. Easy to fly and maintain

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“High Road to China” Bristol Fighter Offered For Sale

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A Bristol Fighter reproduction has hit the market. The listing states:

1980 Reproduction by Vernon Olmert, Originally built for “High Road to China” One of six aircraft built in 1980 with steel tube fuselage and Ranger engines. This aircraft is N47HC serial number 4 issued an experimental airworhiness certificate 6-20 -80. This aircraft is professionally constructed and covered in Ceconite fabric with buterate dope finish. This is a high quality WW-1 aircraft that seats two people and has a dependable power plant. Interesting trades welcomed.

The machine is located in Sonoma, CA and is currently being offered for $129,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.

(Top Image: James Hurley [Public Domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

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Watch the Stop Motion Assembly of a Brass Etrich Taube Structure Model [Video]

Modeler extraordinaire Tom Grigat has returned with a new stop motion animation video detailing his construction of Aerobase’s 1/160 Etrich Taube.

The model consists of brass parts and represents the structure of the unique Austrian design, which was introduced in 1910 and saw military service as a training and reconnaissance machine. Regarding the Aerobase kit, Grigat states:

It’s completely assembled without any glue used and is more some kind of a little trinket than a scale model. But it shows the beautiful construction of the aircraft – and the propeller rotates by blowing at it…

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