Aviation News
The CIA has declassified the 1959 copy of the U-2 flight manual, Japlonik has kindly made available a copy on Scribd.
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A 21-member team, led by David Cundall, will start digging for buried Spitfire fighters near Yangon airport soon.
Continue reading “Digging for buried Spitfires to start soon”
ScanEagle No. 678, one of several ScanEagles that provided real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance imagery after Somali pirates assaulted the U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama, has been donated to Seattle’s Museum of Flight.
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The Historic Aircraft Collection in Duxford has put up its Hurricane Mk. X11a for sale. This aircraft was built in 1942 and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force until 1947.
Continue reading “Hurricane Mk. X11a in flyable condition up for sale”
Myanmar has signed a deal with David J. Cundall to start excavation of several Spitfires buried in Myanmar by British forces during World War 2.
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