An unusual view of the Champlin Fighter Museum’s Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3, which will be a star lot in any sale.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Messerschmitt Bf.109E - ГерманияGermany - 1938

Now up for sale is freshly-restored Bf 109G-4 “White 3”. The aircraft has been rebuilt to static condition in Italy.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Messerschmitt Bf.109G - ГерманияGermany - 1942

The ultra-rare Focke Wulf 190D-13 faces an uncertain fate with the sale of the Champlin Museum. The Fw 190 is painted to represent a machine from JG26.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Focke-Wulf FW.190D - ГерманияGermany - 1942

The Heinkel nose used for the cockpit shots during the filming was available for inspection outside the Officers’ Mess. It is currently for sale: contact the Editor for more details.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Heinkel He-111P/H - ГерманияGermany - 1938

The Memorial Flight Association’s completed Bleriot XI-2.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bleriot Bleriot-XI - ФранцияFrance - 1909

Members of the Blenheim Society and 2461 Sqn, Air Training Corps, in front of Blenheim G-BPIV at Duxford.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol Blenheim IV/Bolingbroke - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

The Memorial Flight Association’s S.E.5a reproduction under construction.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: RAF S.E.5 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1916

Ex-Tallichet Collection Westland Lysander RCAF 1176 arrives at the Bristol Heritage Collection in Tennessee.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Lysander - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Although this licence-built Yak-11 may look like one of the 1980 single-seat conversions, it was actually modified for aerobatic displays in the early 1950s.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Яковлев Як-11 - РоссияRussia - 1946

With the Fighter Collection’s F.2B back in the air, the prospect of two examples displaying is now a possibility.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Bristol F.2A/F.2B Fighter - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1916

The Caproni-Campini CC.1 on display in the IAF Museum at Vigna di Valle.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Caproni-Campini CC.2 / N.1 - ИталияItaly - 1940

Fleet 10G c/n 153, preserved in Bucharest, has a Gipsy Major 4 engine and was licence-built in Romania in 1936. Most Canadian-built Fleets had either Kinner or Scarab radial engines.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fleet Model 10 / 16 Finch - КанадаCanada - 1935

Viscount G-AOHM, now sold as 3D-OHM, was with British Air Ferries when photographed in 1987.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Vickers Viscount - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948

Waco Taperwing NC8531 will be based at Ann Arbor Airport, Mississippi, and will attend Midwest fly-ins.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: WACO 10 / O Series - СШАUSA - 1927

Pilatus PC-7 N1NG, seen at Stans, Switzerland, in May 1999, has returned from the USA for restoration as HB-HMO.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer - ШвейцарияSwitzerland - 1966

ONE OF the earliest designs for an aircraft is the centrepiece of an enticing new exhibition at the Science Museum in South Kensington, London. A full-sized model of Leonardo da Vinci’s man-powered ornithopter hangs above the entrance to The Art of Invention: Leonardo and the Renaissance Engineers, which opened on October 15, 1999 and runs until April 24 next year.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Leonardo da Vinci планер - ИталияItaly - 1495

Construction of the first replica Potez 25 is under way in Paris.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Potez Potez 25 - ФранцияFrance - 1925

Accompanying the Lysander was this unidentified ex-Canadian Fairey Swordfish, which comprises a good set of wings, a tail and rudder, and a poor fuselage. A static restoration will be possible using these parts.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Swordfish - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

The Nardi FN.305 was the first Italian aeroplane with a retractable undercarriage. This example, c/n 87, built under licence in Romania in 1939, has an Argus V8 engine.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Nardi F.N.305 - ИталияItaly - 1935

Luscombe Phantom NC1025 in the Blakenburg hangar at Pine Mountain Lake in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Luscombe Phantom - СШАUSA - 1934

Seen stopping for fuel at Old Buckenham, Norfolk, Stinson Reliant SE-BZP is now Lincolnshire-based.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Stinson Reliant - СШАUSA - 1933

With undercarriage from a Mustang and mainwheels from a Hawker Sea Fury, the replica M.B.5 utilises a host of spares from other fighters. However, distinctive features will be maintained, such as a hinged cockpit instrument panel.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Martin-Baker MB.5 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

The IAF Museum’s Macchi-Castoldi MC.72.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Macchi MC.72 - ИталияItaly - 1931

Cessna 170B OO-SPB has been a frequent visitor to European fly-ins, here at Diest in August 1994. Although sold to USA, it is expected to remain French-based.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cessna 120 / 140 / 170 - СШАUSA - 1945

On August 20, 1999, Morane-Saulnier MS.317 F-BHHF, c/n 312, flew again following a four-year restoration by a team of volunteers at the Musee Aeronautique de la Presqu’lle-Cote d’Amour in La Baule, Northern France. Originally built as an MS.315 in 1946, the Morane was upgraded to MS.317 configuration in 1964, when its 135 h.p. Salmson 9Ac radial engine was replaced by a 220 h.p Continental W-670. During the 1960s and 1970s many MS.317s served as glider tugs. The Musee Aeronautique acquired its aircraft from the Musee de I’Air in 1994, in exchange for a restored Mauboussin Corsair and some other artefacts. It has been given the colours of an Armee de I’Air machine, and is seen here flying over the salt swamps near La Baule.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Morane-Saulnier MS.300 / MS.315 / MS.317 - ФранцияFrance - 1930

Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet F-AZDA runs-up its Argus engine. The “Luftwaffe code” recalls its previous marks F-BBUG.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet - ФранцияFrance - 1944

The replica of Romanian Henri Coanda’s extraordinary 1910 reaction-propelled biplane. The nose duct enclosed a simple air-fan.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Coanda aeroplane - ФранцияFrance - 1910

A new exhibit in Stanford Hall is this 1.4-scale model of Pilcher’s last design, his powered triplane of 1899, which was completed but never flown.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Pilcher multiplane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1899

Harold Piffard seated in his biplane at Shoreham, circa 1910, the year he collected a crate of champagne by air.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Piffard biplane - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1910