Aeroplane Monthly 1985-03
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Grapevine
This superbly restored Polikarpov Po-2, HA-PAO, is now flying in Hungary. One of a large batch supplied to the country for flying club use in the late Forties, HA-PAO is one of the world's few remaining airworthy examples. The Po-2 is seen at Ocseny, an agricultural aviation base run by the aircraft’s restorers, Repulogepes Szolgalat (RSz).
The two-seater Chilton monoplane, in which view, forward, downward and upward, has been specially considered. The engine will probably be a Walter Mikron.
Peter Kempe's restoration of Percival Proctor IV SE-CEA, ex G-ANVY and RM 169, nears completion at Kalmar, Sweden. The Proctor was sold to Sweden in December 1957.
The Shuttleworth Collection's Southern Martlet, G-AAYX, seen propped together, awaits a sponsor for its restoration.
Latest arrival at Brooklands is Flying Flea “G-ADRY”, BAPC-29, which Mike Beach has acquired from J. J. Penney at Aberdare, Wales. The fuselage is in excellent condition, but Beach intends to build two new wings - the rear wing is beyond restoration and the front one never existed.