The only currently airworthy Privateer, now resplendent in full Coast Guard markings and based at Casa Grande in the care of GossHawk Unlimited.

Ex USN N2S Bu4252. Registered N5413N circa 1946 and flown as a crop sprayer in North Dakota for many years before being sold in 2004. Nicknamed 'The Beast' because of its powerful Pratt & Whitney R-1340 engine it has since been immaculately and authentically restored. The aircraft won the 'Peoples Choice' award at the fly in.

Designed by Don Stewart the prototype made its first flight on the 28th March 1962 and was said to be inspired by the Santo Dumont Demoiselle. Sold as an off plans homebuild, over 100 are believed to have been completed.

Note titles on wingtip.

PHI Air Medical is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and has more than 65 air ambulance bases throughout the United States, including 11 in Arizona which is the second most popular operating location after Texas with 20 bases. The company is a subsidiary of PHI, Inc. which also has a large fleet of helicopter supporting offshore oil and gas operations in the US and elsewhere. This AS350B-2 was photographed at the PHI base at Casa Grande Municipal Airport, AZ.

Attending that year's Cactus Fly-In. Home base Palm Springs/CA. Photo by Walter Wesch.

Built in 1966.

Former Hawkins and Powers Privateer parked in front of the GossHawk hangar. The aircraft is the only airworthy Privateer and flies regularly.

Former Hawkins and Powers Privateer parked in front of the GossHawk hangar. The aircraft is the only airworthy Privateer and flies regularly.

Undergoing an annual inspection in the GossHawk hangar.

Nice brightly coloured helicopter on the Ramp at Casa Grande, it operates Medical Flights.

Built in 1944 and delivered to the US Air Force this classic DC-3 was painted into this military scheme in 2002 and was still airworthy by 2019.

Nice bright and colourfully painted helicopter.

Delivered to USAAF March 1944 as 42-92847 and lead D-Day paratrooper drops as "That's All Brother." It was stored at Walnut Ridge by October 1945. Registered N88874 in 1946 it was operated by a succession of companies until being painted in military colors some time around 2002. Aircraft finished an extensive restoration at Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and made its first post restoration flight on January 31, 2018.