Omaka - Dangerous Skies Exhibition + Bristol Freighter

[Pinback]

The smaller Dangerous Skies Exhibition at the Omaka Heritage Centre is adjacent to the Knights of the Sky Exhibition. The audio visual Stalingrad Experience is very thought provoking.

 

Hurricane in its death throes. Engine ablaze, pilot has baled out.

 

 

 

Canopy has detached  (bottom right)

 

 

The airworthy Avro Anson

 

 

 

 

Diving Stuka

 

 

 

 

Ryan Trainer temporarily in place of the P 40E

 

 

Lydia Litvyak, female fighter ace, was reported missing after being shot down during the Battle of Kursk. At that time captured Russians were considered traitors by Stalin. As there was no proof that she had perished she was not awarded any recognition until 1990, when she was posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union. Partly restored Yak 3 in the background

 

 

Spitfire Mk 14- Was involved in an accident in 1996 but was returned to airworthiness in 2015

 

 

Bristol Freighter - Although not airworthy it certainly taxied as late as 2017

 

 

Edited November 17, 2018 by Pinback
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[Gazontipede]

On 11/18/2018 at 10:27 AM, Pinback said:

The smaller Dangerous Skies Exhibition at the Omaka Heritage Centre is adjacent to the Knights of the Sky Exhibition. The audio visual Stalingrad Experience is very thought provoking.

Yes indeed, the casualty sequence for the various nations involved in WW2 is particularly sobering.

For those who haven't seen it, there is a big display in the Stalingrad Experience that starts counting up the deaths each country suffered in WW2/GPW with each 1000 (IIRC) represented as a single stick figure. The tally for the Soviet Union just keeps going on and on and on... It is terrifying.

 

I've got some shots of the Canadian P-40E and a complete Yak-3UA next to Lydia that were taken in 2017. I can add them in here if you like.

[Pinback]

9 hours ago, Gazontipede said:

I've got some shots of the Canadian P-40E and a complete Yak-3UA next to Lydia that were taken in 2017. I can add them in here if you like

Thanks Gazontipede - that would be good.

[Gazontipede]

No problemo, here's a couple of quick shots for now. I'll have a bit more of a thorough dig around the photo folders a bit later when I've got a spare moment.

 

Lydia Litvyak is quite uncannily realistic. I kept on half expecting her to blink or move... The crowd at Weta sure know their job!

 

The Yak-3UA that usually lives here. I believe it was off in the 'States racing when you went through the display.

 

The stunning P-40E. Not sure, but I believe it is up for sale.

Edited November 25, 2018 by Gazontipede
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[k5054nz]

The P-40E has now gone off to the US, it's owned by a Canadian family who are looking to sell and are loaning it to a few places I think in an effort to find a buyer.

 

The skeleton Yak is an Egyptian Yak-11 being restored by a local syndicate as a Yak-9V.

[Pinback]

23 hours ago, Gazontipede said:

The Yak-3UA that usually lives here

Thanks for the post - Just have to go back when its in !

 

 

[k5054nz]

12 hours ago, Pinback said:

Thanks for the post - Just have to go back when its in !

She will be soon - she went to Reno again this year and is being reassembled as we speak, her container having arrived a week or two back.

[Gazontipede]

On 11/25/2018 at 9:21 PM, k5054nz said:

The P-40E has now gone off to the US, it's owned by a Canadian family who are looking to sell and are loaning it to a few places I think in an effort to find a buyer.

Any idea what will be replacing it in this spot in the display?

What about the Fw-190? Once they finish unbending it of course!

 

As mentioned in the OP, the Bristol Freighter was indeed grumbling around in 2017 (seen here at Easter) thanks to a bit of Kiwi ingenuity and generosity with the engines.

Edited November 27, 2018 by Gazontipede
Bunging in a Bristol!