New to the Australian vintage flying scene is the Royal Australian Navy Museum's Fairey Firefly, which first flew at Nowra, NSW on October 4, 1986.

The 1911 Queen Bleriot replica is the result of a six-year project by the New York-based Long Island Early Fliers Club. Built to commemorate the first American aerial mail flight, made 75yr ago by Earle L. Ovington on September 23, 1911, the Bleriot is now on display in the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island.

Catalina C-FOWE enters the water at Plymouth on October 8, 1986, following repair to its port wing, damaged in the flyingboat's well-publicised crash in May.

Port wing, damaged in the flyingboat's well-publicised crash in May.

Newly-rebuilt Supermarine S.5 seaplane replica N220 on a proving flight over Carrick Roads in Cornwall during October 1986, in the hands of its owner, Bill Hosie.

A good turnout for Stampe duty at the Stampe Club's Old Warden meeting on October 4, 1986.

New to the Australian vintage flying scene is D. H. Vampire T.35 A79-649, which made its first post-restoration flight at Bankstown, NSW on September 19, 1986