small Libyan Express titles on the nose - operating for the Libyan Government - ex China Southern, Ukraine International, YanAir and Trans Air Congo

Taken on Charge with the US Army with s/n 51-16608 in 1953, this Retriever was transferred to the Navy in 1958 as 147595. Stored at Litchfield Park, AZ from 1962. Registered N9685Z in 1975. Donated to Pima in 1981, restored in the 1961 colours of HU-1, Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan and initially displayed indoors but later moved outside where it deteriorated. Restored again and returned under cover in 2020 - it now looks superb and so much better without the extensive latex glazing protection used outdoors in the unforgiving Arizona sun.

Reconstructed from the parts of several P-40s, this aircraft is now finished in the 1942 colours of the 7th FS, 49th FG, New Guinea. P-40E 41-25163 was built by Curtiss at Buffalo in 1941 and had been intended for the RAAF but was diverted to the USAAF in New Guinea. In December 1942 it suffered a landing accident at 17 Mile Drome near Port Moresby. It is claimed that parts were used for this rebuild, completed by the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society (HARS) at Albion Park Airfield, NSW in 2017

Ferried XFW-BGR-MSP 30 Dec 2022 on delivery

The Tigercat narrowly missed WWII but operated successfully as a night fighter and on night ground interdiction missions during the Korean War. Phased out of Marine service by 1954, several were sold for aerial firefighting. Of the 364 F7Fs built, fewer than 10 remain. This one became N7627C with Cal-Nat in 1962. Damaged when the gear folded in a landing at Grass Valley, CA the same year, it went on to Sis-Q of Santa Rosa in 1969. Now immaculately presented in the marks of VMF(N)-533, MCAS Cherry Point, NC around 1952

Registered in 1959 as N3771A and intended for the Honduran AF, but sale fell through. During static restoration in the late 1970s at Mojave, it is reported that the data plate was inadvertently swapped for that of F4U 97349, leading to it being painted as that aircraft. Displayed at the National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola as such from the mid-1980s. Loaned to Pima by 1997 and now displayed with its correct identity.

First flight March 23rd 1983 and delivered as N779AL to USAir april 6th 1983. March 1987 OY-SBI Sterling Airways. May 1st 1991 leased to Air Columbus until November 1993. March 1994 OY-SBI Sterling European Airlines transferred. June 1994 leased to Sobelair for 4 months. November 26th 1997 N697CA Champion Air. September 12th 2008 N697CA Paxair Llc Chicago. July 18th 2013 wfu and broken up after 30 years in the air. Seen arriving rwy 24 this wonderful afternoon during "Charter 1989"

Date range is an estimate. in November 1979 AFCS was renamed AFCC, so this picture must date from the seventies. Any help on year and/or location is appreciated.

By 1945 several squadrons of Privateers were conducting operations from the Philippines to the Aleutian Islands. The PB4Y-2 with its distinctive single tail was much better equipped than the earlier PB4Y-1, which was basically just an adapted B-24, and stayed in Navy service after the war for missions such as weather reconnaissance and signals intelligence, before being retired around 1955. Several were then modified as civilian air tankers used in fighting forest fires until 2002. This one was tanker 'C30', registered N3739G, now restored in the colours of VPB-120, Shemya Island, AK in 1945

Delivered to British Airways as G-BGDE in 1980. Sold as N900PG then to Aerolineas Argentinas as LV-ZYN in 2001. Withdrawn from use at Buenos Aires-Ezeiza in 2010. Broken up in 2012. Fuselage used for crew training at CeFEPRA - Pilot Training and Training Center.

Delivered to British Airways as G-BGDB in 1980. Used by GB Airways from 1992 to 1995 and 1997 to 1998. To Winair as N920WA in 1998 then to Sun West Airlines in 2000, Pace Airlines in 2002 and Jatayu Airlines as PK-JGY in 2003. Withdrawn from use at Jakarta-CGK in 2005 and scrapped in 2010.

Delivered to British Airways as G-BDXK in 1981. To Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-ARG in 2002. Withdrawn from use at Kemble in 2006 and scrapped in 2007.