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Rara Avis - What rare WWII aircraft would you like to see flying?

St.Ignatz

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Where are these?:eek:

Levallois said:
I've always admired and would like to see fly again in person these Italian Macchi Racing Seaplanes from the 1920s and 1930s.

MacchiMC72.jpg


MacchiRacingSeaplane.jpg
 

Cigarband

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dhermann1 said:
Aside from ANYTHING found on the "when-is-it-going-to-be-completed, already?" Luftwaffe 1946 website, I think maybe a B-29.

The B-29 "Doc", owned by The United States Aviation Museum, is currently undergoing
a complete restoration. The work is being done at the Boeing
works in Witchita Kansas by volunteers and retired Boeing workers.http://home.att.net/~sallyann5/b29/usam3.html
 

KilroyCD

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St.Ignatz said:
Thanks but that was a Where not a What.:eusa_doh:
Tom D.
Oops! :eek: It might help if I read a bit more carefully.

The M.C.72 and M.C.39 are both on display at the Italian Air Force Museum at Lake Bracciano, near Rome.
 

Talbot

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Boeing XB-15 perhaps?

Apols - I can't post pics from here at work.

Only one built, so qualifies as rare. Despite the 'X' designation it was converted into a transport and served throughout the war in the Carribean as a transport.

Scrapped in 1945:(
 

Talbot

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Levallois said:
I've always admired and would like to see fly again in person these Italian Macchi Racing Seaplanes from the 1920s and 1930s.

MacchiMC72.jpg


MacchiRacingSeaplane.jpg

How about the pitch on those contra rotating props!

Whatever happened to the American entry into the 1929 race, the Mercury Racer?

While I'm slightly O/T (its too early), I musty confess a love for the Boeing P26.
 

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