#aviation photos

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B-2 taking off from RAF Fairford during RIAT

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A gaggle of Tiger Moths at Kaipara Flats.

5 Tiger Moths attended Wings and Wheels Kaipara, of which 2 (ZK-CCQ, ASM) are locally based.

Built at Rongotai (now Wellington Airport WLG/NZWN) by de Havilland New Zealand in 1942, msn DHNZ132 was bought on charge with Unit 18 of the RNZAF.

It was given the s/n NZ1452 and declared surplus in 1956. It was sold to Tulloch Transport, Mararua, for £400 and remained in storage for just shy of a decade.

It was given the c/r ZK-CCQ, and after bouncing between Kirikiroa Hamilton and Tauranga for a bit, it was sold to H. Griffin* in 1970.

It was sold to its current owner in 1987.

*No doubt this is the same H. Griffin, founder of Griffin's Ag-Air in Palmerston North.

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Grumman TBM Avenger getting serviced by Aviation Ordance Men as they service the .50 caliber machine guns + plane turrets

Circa 1944-45

Source: NationalArchives

Color: Colourised PIECE of JAKE

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B-25 Mitchell & P-51 Mustangs

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Swordfish Mk. I of 820 Naval Air Squadron flies over the British aircraft-carrier HMS ‘Ark Royal’ in 1939.

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Demo with his various lads

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It’d be kinda silly if they kissed

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SAAB SK 35C Draken operated by the Swedish Air Force Historic Flight - 2017 Mora airshow, Sweden

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NZ2308/ZK-PWL [de Havilland Australia DH.98 Mosquito T.43] taxiing back to AvSpecs 1/04/24.

New to the RAAF as an FB.40, it was given the s/n A52-20. Like MoTaT's Mossie, it was changed midway through production to a T.43 and re-serialled to A52-1054.

It was sold to the RNZAF in 1947 for a cost of £3000 and after just 479:35 airframe hours, it was deemed surplus in 1955.

It was recovered by MoTaT and presented to Olwyn Fenner as payment for his work on sister airframe NZ2305.

Olwyn began the restoration process, and at some point during the project, Glyn Powell joined the team. He would eventually take over the project and formed Mosquito Restorations Ltd.

Unfortunately, Glyn passed away before he got the chance to see his masterpiece finished, and as a result, AvSpecs took over the work.

In late March, after 15 years of restoration, NZ2308 took to the skies as ZK-PWL (in honour of Glyn) and debuted at Warbirds over Wānaka '24 (29/03-31/03).

It will now be packed into a container and sent to the United States.

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exam tomorrow

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A Dewoitine D.520... just because it's beautiful.

@AviationMarlene via X

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Sike i got sick so i decided to finish yet another artwork with my halfbroken pen

Mr Lee and young Waai Fu as i need more art where he takes care of her as she grows up.🙏

+inspiration:

Screenshot source: anime ed of Last Exile. Ps. Please do not treat this as some recommendation. I watched it like a decade ago and remember little of it. I remember i liked it as a teen but i take 0 responsibility if you watch it and it's bad. I just like the pose.

another insp, artist @/taiki99 from twitter. (the idea to cover the white background with an extra detail)

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What a profile!

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