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Add To Cart$1.99Kirchner’s Bonnie KayeWhen Chris Kirchner of C&G Air in Ocala, Florida, built his first airplane, he found his niche in life. His award-winning projects have been successively more complex, from a Kitfox to a BT-13, then a T-6 Texan, and now an amazing P-40N Warhawk. When he purchased a project as the basis for his next masterpiece, he found it carried with it the poignant story of the aviator who gave it its name: Bonnie Kaye.
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Add To Cart$1.99Kiwi KittyhawkWhen Paul Redlich and his team at Tri-State Warbird Museum began work on their P-40M project, they agreed this Kittyhawk deserved to be restored to original condition. Eight years and 32,000 man hours after it arrived on a snowy February day in 2008, their goal was fully achieved. This is the story of how Tri-State Warbird Museum created a masterpiece that won top honors in Oshkosh during EAA’s AirVenture 2016.
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Add To Cart$1.99Kiwi Kittyhawk KraftersXavier Méal recently visited with the folks at Pioneer Aero Restorations in Ardmore, New Zealand who are hard at work on a number of P-40 projects.
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Add To Cart$1.99Last Chance CorsairOne of the oldest flying Corsairs in the world is F4U-1A BuNo 17799, based at the Planes of Fame (POF) Museum in Chino, California. For many years, museum of ficials have suspected the Corsair had seen combat in World War II, but never found documented proof, until author Michele Spry interviewed a Corsair pilot for a children’ s book. Spry’s research revealed three living Marine pilots who flew the POF Corsair in combat. Spry and Planes of Fame Museum sought to reunite these heroes with their plane.
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Add To Cart$1.99Lil’ Margaret’s LegacyLooking back on a trend-setting Mustang restoration
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Add To Cart$1.99Little HorsePaul Ehlen recently gathered two former P-51 pilots to fly in their recreated World War Two mounts. He asked Warbird Digest to attend.
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Add To Cart$1.99Little JeanneFrench warbird collector Christian Amara’s search for a P-40 led to “Down Under” where he found the perfect example in a combat veteran P-40N. Originally destined for the Republic of China Air Force, this Warhawk ended up in combat with the 7th FS/49th FG in Papua New Guinea where it became the personal aircraft of Lt. Robert Warren, who named it Little Jeanne.
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Add To Cart$1.99Maple Leaf FireflyJames Church meets up with Keith Houston in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Firefly.
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Add To Cart$1.99Mekong Mauler
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Add To Cart$1.99Mentor… the way Beech meant it!Most of the fl ying T-34s have been heavily customized by their owners. Joe Pardi bucks this trend by restoring his Mentor back to its original military confi guration.
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Add To Cart$1.99Miller’s Time: A Wartime RapideA father and son team has spent the last three decades restoring a vintage de Havilland Rapide.
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Add To Cart$1.99Minuteman Mustang