Second World War-era Plane touches down at KF Aerospace - Kelowna News castanet.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from castanet.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As many will know, the Hawker Typhoon is one of the rarest production fighter aircraft from WWII, with only one known complete survivor in preservation today. The Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group is working very hard to change this situation, and is presently endeavoring to rebuild Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib RB396 using the original rear fuselage from this aircraft as a stating point. Sam Worthington-Leese is spearheading this project, and he wrote the following report describing how the projects faring presently, so without further ado. her is Sam!
A photograph of a World War Two fighter-plane making it’s final landing at Aston Down Airfield, near Minchinhampton, have been uncovered by a Stroud photographer. Tammy Lynn, from Stroud, discovered a collection of the late photographer Peter Coleman’s work, including this photo of a Mosquito T3 landing in 1946. Lancaster Bombers and Hawk Tempests can be seen on the ground beneath the Mosquito at the airfield, which was used by the Royal Air Force from the First World War until 1967 before the Cotswold Gliding Club moved from Tetbury. Built by the De Havilland Aircraft Company for the RAF, the Mosquito T3 was made largely of wood and was one the fastest planes of World War Two.