Following the 'Young Guns' feature in AE89, Robert Stitt has sent in these photos, taken in April 1977, showing the former scattered remains of the Mitsubishi A6M2 ‘Zero’ restored at the Australian War Memorial Museum. They were being stored in the Papua New Guinea Defence Force compound at Jackson's Field, Port Moresby, prior to transportation to Australia for restoration. The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is P2-
Following the 'Young Guns' feature in AE89, Robert Stitt has sent in these photos, taken in April 1977, showing the former scattered remains of the Mitsubishi A6M2 ‘Zero’ restored at the Australian War Memorial Museum. They were being stored in the Papua New Guinea Defence Force compound at Jackson's Field, Port Moresby, prior to transportation to Australia for restoration. The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is P2-
After reading the feature Republic's 'Jug' in AE89, Peter Green has forwarded this photo of Seversky 2PA-200 NX2586 at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, on March 13, 1939. The aircraft is thought to have been appraised by the test team, though not taken on charge by the Air Ministry - hence no RAF serial. The layout of the 'Sever/Sky' lettering on the fuselage is of interest, too. Neither this aircraft nor its visit are referred to in the article, but the registration is the one previous to the demonstrator that went to Sweden in 1939.
The beginning of international air transport