[vintage-and-warbirds] The Shuttleworth Collection's de Havilland DH.88 Comet (G-ACSS) returns to flight More picture

A fantastic achievement.

Teddy Franchomme used a DH Comet for his famous flight to Congo and back to Belgium  

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Probably one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built….

http://tinyurl.com/n9ytzsu

Here's a good photo set used in the article….

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lrv890/sets/72157646091625182/

[vintage-and-warbirds] Restoration News: Heinkel He 219 Night Fighter

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Can't wait to see this thing back together!!!!

Posted on July 30, 2014 by The National Air and Space Museum

Thursday, July 17, was an exciting day at the Paul E. Garber Restoration Facility, and another step towards the completion of one major aircraft currently undergoing restoration:  the wing of the Heinkel He 219 Uhu night fighter was prepared for its move to the Udvar Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. The He 219 was Germany's best night fighter in World War II, and possibly the best night fighter of the war. It was a piston-engine aircraft specifically designed for night fighting operation — a status it shared with only one other aircraft in the war, the American Northrop P-61 Black Widow. Notable features include the first steerable nose wheel on an operational German aircraft, the world's first ejection seats on an operational aircraft, and cannons mounted to fire at an oblique angle (the so-called "Schräge Musik").

The easy part, using nothing but manpower: The He 219 wing is rolled out of the paint booth, standing 4 m (13 feet) high and about 19 m (63 feet) long.

http://blog.nasm.si.edu/restoration/restoration-news-heinkel-he-219-night-fighter/

Belgian-Wings Website Update: 31 July 2014

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Daniel Brackx