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EXCLUSIVE – RAAF MUSEUM ACQUIRES THE R.E.8
THE R.E.8
‘EYE
IN THE SKY’
Building a
‘Harry
Tate’
Inside Fagen
Fighters’ W.W.II
Museum
Cobra in
the Clouds
P-39s lost in
New Guinea
C-60 Lodestar
–
an active survivor
W.W.II Grey Ghosts
–
PV-1 Night Fighters
Leading Transport Twins
–
history in colour
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NEWS
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Contents
Volume 26, No 4, May-June 2015
Features
58 Hillson Praga
The Praga E.114 flew in 1934, designed by Jaroslav Šlechta.
Neil Follett
looks at the three Pragas brought to Australia .
18 River Relic – Rutters’
Pristine Bomber
Contributing Editor
Michael John Claringbould
reports
on the elusive Havoc 42-86747 and its pilot Vernal Bird.
64 The R.E.8 ‘Eye in the Sky’
In a two part feature on the Great War’s R.E.8,
Rob
Langham
&
James Kightly
explore the role of the type.
26 Lockheed Vega VH-UVK
From the Aviation Historical Society of Australia archives,
Geoff Goodall
profiles the 1929 Lockheed Vega VH-UVK.
68 Building a ‘Harry Tate’
Flightpath’s
Editor
Rob Fox
details how TVAL’s artisans
recreated an authentic Great War R.E.8.
32 Cobra in the Clouds
Michael John Claringbould
brings to light the losses
of P-39s to the weather in W.W.II New Guinea.
72 Fagen Fighters
World War II Museum
David Leininger
tells the story of the Fagen family’s
W.W.II militaria collection at Granite Falls Minnesota.
LOCKHEED TWINS SPECIAL
38 Lockheed’s Transport Twins.
Contributing Editor
James Kightly
looks highlights
of the piston-powered Lockheed Electra family.
44 Lockheed’s Twins in Colour.
Period and modern images of the Lockheed twins
of the thirties and forties collected by
James Kightly.
Regulars
48 Lockheed’s Lodestar.
Luigino Calario
goes air-to-air with the
CAF’s C-60 Lodestar - a very active survivor.
52 The Grey Ghosts VMF(N)-531.
Alan C. Carey
details the Pacific USMC Night Fighter
squadron deployed with the radar equipped PV-1.
COVER: The R.E.8 acquired by the RAAF Museum
at Point Cook. Flown by Gary Yardley with
observer Bevan Dewes, Editor Rob Fox
captured TVAL’s stunning WWI reproduction
from his O-1G flown by Peter Clements when
the R.E.8 was flown to the museum.
4 News
16 Personal
Effects
24 Mailbag
25 Calendar
42 Poster
76 Airshows
F L I G H T PAT H
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Bristol F.2B for TAVAS
Rob Fox
The Bristol Fighter replica that recently
starred at the Australian International Air-
show at Avalon is now based at Caboolture,
Queensland. Discussions between Andrew
Carter, head of The Australian Vintage Avia-
tion Society (TAVAS), and Gene De Marco,
from New Zealand’s The Vintage Aviator
Limited (TVAL) prior to the show, were the
beginning of the process that led to the air-
craft’s changing hands. TAVAS initially
hoped to obtain sponsorship for the acquisi-
tion but, although indications were encour-
aging, this did not pan out. It was then well-
known Warbird identity, and major
supporter of TAVAS, Jack McDonald
stepped in.
“Jack understood the historical signifi-
cance of this aircraft and the need for us to
operate an Allied type, in particular a two
seater, allowing others to experience flight
in a W.W.I aircraft,” said Andrew. “Immedi-
ately after the Avalon airshow, it was packed
and shipped, alongside our Fokker E.III and
D.VIII, to Queensland and reassembled by
our volunteers under the guidance of chief
engineer Dave Walsh.”
Built by Ed Storo in the USA, the Bristol
was registered as N624, and flown in a silver
paint scheme, in 1992. In mid-2002 the air-
craft was sold to TVAL and based at Omaka
before being moved to Masterton. Here the
colour scheme was changed and improve-
ments made to the aircraft. TVAL operated
it for the next thirteen years.
One of the Australian units to fly the F.2B
was 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
(AFC) in Palestine in 1917-18. Some of the
squadron's aircraft supported Colonel T.E.
Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and his
forces by flying ground attack operations
against the retreating Turks. TAVAS plan to
paint the Bristol in the colours of the F.2B
ABOVE: Andrew Carter airborne over Caboolture in the
F.2B with the TAVAS Fokker Triplane on his tail.
[TAVAS]
BELOW: Andrew Carter, head of TAVAS taking delivery of
the Bistol Fighter at Avalon.
[Rob Fox]
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F L I G H T PAT H
flown by Captain Ross Macpherson Smith,
of 1 Squadron AFC in Egypt and Palestine.
It will sport white bands and the letter ‘F’ on
the fuselage and carry the tail number
‘B1229’. After serving with the 3rd Light
Horse Brigade at Gallipoli, Smith trans-
ferred to the AFC in 1917 and was posted to
67 Squadron RAF in Egypt. He scored his
first victory on 1 September 1917, shooting
down an Albatros D.III near Beersheba,
while flying a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e.
Once converted to the Bristol Fighter, Smith
and his observers were credited with ten
more victories in 1918. Famously in 1919,
Ross and brother Keith together with me-
chanics Jim Bennett and Wally Shiers, flew
the Vimy G-EAOU to victory in the 1919
England to Australia Air Race, becoming
the first to fly from England to Australia.
News
‘Miracle’ & Jumbo to HARS
Andy Wright
The Historic Aircraft Restoration Society
(HARS) added two classic jet aircraft to its
impressive collection earlier this year. Built
at Melbourne’s Fishermen’s Bend the Das-
sault/GAF Mirage IIIO A3-42 arrived at the
HARS Illawarra base on 13 February. The
former 77 Squadron aircraft was transported
by road from Essendon Airport, Victoria,
where it was being restored to airworthiness
(see
Flightpath
V21-N.3). Former RAAF Mi-
rage pilot Frank Fry, has loaned his fighter to
HARS to allow the project to continue. HARS
President, Bob De La Hunty enthused, “It’s in
very good shape now and we’ve got some
good sponsorship involvement so it will be
brought back as a taxiable aircraft to start
with. The owner has a close association with
HARS members who are putting all their ef-
fort into carrying forward his foresight and
seeing it run.”
The delivery of Qantas’ Boeing 747-400
‘City of Canberra’ (VH-OJA) was more of a
spectacle. Thousands witnessed its final
landing on 8 March. Qantas had intended
to retire the airliner in November 2014 but,
upon deciding it was too historically sig-
nificant to send to the desert boneyard, ap-
proached HARS to see if the organisation
was interested in adding the 747 to its col-
lection. “After we indicated our firm inter-
ABOVE:
Thousand of spectators witness the Boeing
747-400 ‘City of Canberra’ (VH-OJA) make its final landing
on 8 March.
[Dick Simpson]
ABOVE LEFT:
The Dassault/GAF Mirage IIIO A3-42
airborne at Essendon Airport as it is loaded for the long
road trip to NSW.
[Peter Carmody]
est, Qantas rolled back the process already
been set in motion,” said Bob. This 747 still
holds the London-Sydney record (non-
stop), and added the record for the
shortest Qantas service (QF7474), of
twelve minutes, during the delivery
f light to HARS.
FOR SALE
Winjeel Wings & Centre sections.
2 sets approx �½ life each.
Still in RAAF shipping crates with
RAAF paperwork.
$45K per set negotiable.
Just what your TX Winjeel requires.
Call Rob 0411 336 156 or
email: rob.eastgate@gmail.com
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