Wrecks & relics – Page 2 – Gaceta Aeronautica (English)

For years, USAF authorities searched for a surviving Martin B-10 to add to its Museum collection, until they found the only surviving plane of its kind in the World in Argentina, where it had been kept as training material in a Technical School in the Greater Buenos Aires, after having been discharged from Naval Aviation stocks. Here the autor tells us the origins and characteristics of this remarkable bomber that in its time represented a great technological advance for Military Aviation.

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LV-X216: Morón’s eccentric MiG-15…

Carlos Ay

Monday 2 August 2021Thursday 5 August 2021

After 35 years of military service in Poland, a MiG-15 two-seat trainer found its way into private hands in Argentina at the turn of the century. After a short and eventful career in a country not prepared for the “warbirds” business, it got to rest in Morón’s National Aeronautics Museum. Let’s take a look at the career of this distinct representative of the Soviet side of the Cold War.

Wrecks & relics

Rodney Butterfield and Pucará A-517 (2/2):
“The first guess has often been ‘is that a microlight’”?

Carlos Ay

Wednesday 7 April 2021Saturday 20 March 2021

In the second half of our electronic interview, Pucará A-517 owner Rodney Butterfield completes his testimony on his relationship with the “fifth British and only privately-owned” Pucará.

Wrecks & relics

Rodney Butterfield and Pucará A-517 (1/2):
My first reaction was ‘what on earth is a Pucará?’

Carlos Ay

Monday 5 April 2021Monday 8 March 2021

Visiting A-517 in North Carolina in February 2020 gave us not only a chance to inspect a valuable piece of aviation history. We also were able to talk at large with its present owner to try and comprehend the ideas, ideals and frustrations he built around this interesting aircraft.