Spartan Executive - Oshkosh 2013 Award Winner

Congrats to owner Jim Savage for winning the Bronze Age Champion (1937-1941) trophy at Oshkosh 2013.  Jim has devoted many years of money, blood, sweat and tears into the restoration of Spartan Executive serial number 17.  Hats off to Jim!  This Spartan has flown over 50 hours in the last twelve months and plans to attend the Antique Fly-In in Blakesburg, Iowa next week.

Also on display at Oshkosh were Spartan Executives serial numbers 12 and 28.

For more info on surviving Spartan Executive's see our web page by clicking on "Spartan Executive" on the home page of... Another Time.

Oshkosh 2013 Award Winners

The 2013 Oshkosh AirVenture award winners have been posted on the AirVenture web site.  Some well deserved awards for some hard working owners and crews.  The photo above is from Jim Buxton and shows the Grand Champion Post World War II award winning Mustang (N151JT) from Midwest Aero.  Congratulations to Mike and his Midwest Aero crew on another amazing restoration!

Click here for the awards list - http://www.airventure.org/news/2013/130804_2013-aircraft-award-winners.html

Watch this blog in the coming weeks as we feature photos of more award winners.

Links - Oshkosh - Midwest Aero

Howard 500 N500LN - Oshkosh 2013

Oshkosh 2013 photos are starting to make the rounds.  These photo comes from my buddy Jim Buxton who was on the grounds.  I requested photos of N500LN, the Howard 500, showing its new paint scheme.  Wow... it looks sharp!

The colors match the owners Grumman Albatross.  See the link below for more on the Howard 500 and check out past posts on this blog for links to the videos.

Link - TPAero - Videos

Scalaria AirChallenge 2013

A link to this video came across my desk and I had to post it here.  Scalaria is an event venue in Austria that appears to host some elaborate parties!  Add music, boats, skydiving, helicopters and vintage aircraft... and THAT sounds like an awesome event!  Watch and enjoy.  I wish we had parties even remotely close to this in the U.S.A.!




Links - Scalaria

AIRICs Hamilton Air Show 2013 Review

Eric Dumigan is a photographer I have been following for many years.  Eric shot some awesome photos at this years Hamilton Air Show.  How many Merlin engines can you count!?  Lancaster, Mosquito, Spitfire and Hurricane in formation!

http://www.airic.ca/html/hamilton2013.html

Links - Eric Dumigan AIRIC

Red Bull P-38 Lightning and F4U Corsair over France

Red Bull P-38 in Dallas before it's export.

Another awesome video to share.  This one from inside the Red Bull P-38 Lightning and F4U Corsair over the La Ferta Alais airshow in France.  The use of the GoPro cameras in airshow aircraft, especially Warbirds, really has me excited.  What an awesome way to experience flight in these historic aircraft!  Enjoy the video...




Links - The Flying Bulls - GoPro

Spitfire 944 - Short Film

This short film came through my email a couple days ago.  Really a great story showing a veteran film footage of his landing mishap for the first time!  Check out Spitfire 944.

Warbirds Over Addison

We did not make it over to the event but thanks to Scott Slocum we can watch the highlights from Warbirds Over Addison 2013.  It is always great to see a good crowd enjoying the sights and sounds of vintage Warbirds!

Links - Scott Slocum/Aero Media Group - Cavanaugh Flight Museum

2013 Chino Warbird Airshow Photos

One of the best airshows in the country to see unique Warbirds in the air is the annual airshow in Chino, California.  The Planes of Fame museum pulls out their amazing collection of flyable Warbirds and invites friends of the museum to join them each May.  A couple weeks ago they hosted six P-38 Lightnings to highlight this years show.  Five were flown during the event and one was on static display.  Check out the link below for an extensive photo gallery full of amazing images captured by Britt Dietz.  Don't miss the night time photos towards the end of the gallery.

Chino Airshow 2012 - Day One Photos

(Be sure to check back in the next week or so for more coverage of the show on Britt Deitz's site.)

Another stand out aircraft at this years show was the early model P-40.  Look at this shine on this beautiful restoration!

Once you take the time to look through the airshow photos click back to the home page and treat yourself to ALL the Warbird photos!  Thanks to Britt Dietz for allowing us to post his photos and links.

Links - Warbird Photos by Britt Dietz - Planes of Fame

Howard 500 - Journey Home video

Back in January we posted an awesome video of the Howard 500s owned by TPAero.  Another video has been produced and posted for all to enjoy.  This one featuring N500LN on its journey home from Europe.  The entire flight is not made at 20,000 feet.  They were down in the beautiful scenery making the most of the sights the trip had to offer.  Sit back and watch 9 minutes of spectacular video footage of this vintage powerhouse.




Links - Previous post on this blog of the Howard 500 - TPAero

Lockheed 10 for the Seattle Museum of Flight

Lockheed 10 arrives in Reno

The latest news on Lockheed 10, serial number 1015, N72GT is that the Seattle Museum of Flight will add the aircraft to the museums collection.  

Reno arrival

1015 was originally delivered to Northwest Airlines as a 10A registered as NC14900.  In 1942-1944 it was flown by the United States Army Air Corps.  For the 60th Anniversary of Amelia Earhart's historic flight it was modified by Linda Finch into a Lockheed 10E and flown around the world in 1997.  After the flight it sat outside for a few years on the ramp at the Denton, Texas airport.  Since that time it was not flown regularly.  In 2010 is was seen stored in a hangar in New Mexico.  It returned to flying status in 2011 and was flown to California with another planned world flight.  Those plans fell through and it was listed for sale again in 2012.

Lockheed 10, s/n 1015

It was recently flown to Reno, Nevada and Fred Austin sent the featured photos (taken upon its arrival) with the following note:

"The airplane is under going some minor maintenance and cosmetic detailing prior to it's delivery to the museum this fall. Taight Ramey and Alby Redick flew the airplane in from California. Alby's company Aviation Classics prepared the airplane for the flight."

Thank you Fred for the update.

The museums "Project Amelia" has a web page featuring the details of the acquisition.  Visit the web page by clicking here.

Links - Seattle Museum of Flight - Lockheed 10 survivors