N610LC first saw light as Beaver AL.1 XP776 and served with 8 Independent Recce Flight at RAF Eastleigh, Kenya, in the early 1960s. Registered N610LC in 2004, the aircraft was sadly lost on 9 August 2015, on a flight from Akureyri to Keflavik.
P3351, seen during WOW2008, has since been exported to Europe but was again offered for sale early in 2022. A return to NZ skies would be highly appreciated. Unfortunately there will be no Warbirds over Wanaka 2022. Next edition: Easter 2024.
TE288 in the Air Force Museum of New Zealand is in the colours of Spitfire LF.XVI TB625 'Rongotea' of W/O Murray J.C. Lind, 485 (NZ) Squadron, RAF, as flown from Fassberg in May/June 1945.
J-362, still in her 323 Squadron markings, was one of eleven F-16s flying with Frisian Flag-2017 host unit 322 TACTESS Squadron. Seen here on finals to RWY-05. On 23 January 2020 the aircraft made its last flight in KLu-service.
J-002 returning from a Frisian Flag-2017 sortie. This F-16 entered KLu-service in June 1990, flying with 313 Squadron at Twenthe AB. J-002 was scrapped in April 2020.
Built by HFB at Finkenwerder, Hamburg, 50+56 served the FlugzeugFührerSchule-S (FFS-S) at Wunstorf and subsequently LTG-63 at Hohn for almost her entire operational life. The aircraft came to Gatow on 11 September 2011.
This Phantom saw very brief active service with the Luftwaffe. After some 20 flying hours, the aircraft was transferred to the Technische Schule der Luftwaffe 1 (TSLw-1) at Kaufbeuren in Bavaria as a Ground Instructional Airframe.
In 1986 20+37 received this striking c/s to celebrate the 30th anniversary of LVR-1 at Erding. After some years on display at Uetersen and here at Gatow, the 104 departed in January 2020 for the Volandia aviation museum near Milan-Malpensa airport.
Frisian Flag 2017 participant 81-0039 of the 122nd FS, 159th FW, returning to Leeuwarden. The ANG unit is based at Naval Air Station Joint Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Coincidentally the elevation of both bases is 1 metre AMSL.
ZD711/079 about to release the brakes as the lead aircraft, ZD849/110, is already thundering down RWY-23. On 17 April 2017 both aircraft took part in a farewell flight (as 'Poker-51' Flight) over several Scottish stations, including the Tain Ranges.
P-51C-10-NT 43-25147 in the markings of Lt. William Whisner's P-51B-10-NA 42-106449, 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group in May 1944, based at USAAF Station 141 at Bodney in Norfolk.
Lt William T. Whisner scored 10.5 victories in P-51D 44-14237 in his second tour with the 352nd FG at RAF Bodney. On 21 November 1944 he downed five Fw 190’s, with another four Luftwaffe aircraft on 5 January 1945.
Canberra TT.18 WJ721 has seen service with No.7 Squadron at RAF St. Mawgan until 1981. The machine was scrapped in 1988, but the forward fuselage has been saved and restored by a private collector and is on loan to Morayvia.
In November 1956 two Fiat-built Model-221 aircraft were supplied to Germany for use as spares. This F-86K, (USAF 55-4881) is seen here in the markings of Jagdgeschwader 74 as based at Ahlhorn air base in 1961.
Fading colours on 99+40. This aircraft entered Luftwaffe service as 34+61 with WaffenSchule-50 at Fürstenfeldbruck in Bavaria. After service with JBG-41 the T3 became a target tug with Condor Flugdienst at Hohn air base as 99+40.
There are dozens of reasons for aviators and enthusiasts alike to head for Fightertown Leeuwarden, the often dramatic skies over the Province of Friesland are only one of them. Here 83-0012 of the 122nd FS returns to the base after a Frisian Flag sortie.
Canberra B.2 99+35 made her last flight on 27 May 1993 when Major Heinz Spolgen and navigator Olt Helmut Schafer delivered the aircraft from WTD-61's base at Manching to the museum here at Gatow.
XV278 was one of 6 pre-production Harrier GR.1's built by Hawker Siddeley at Kingston for continued evaluation before beginning full production. XV278 first flew on 13 December 1966 from Dunsfold.
R4118 is operated by Hurricane Heritage and based here at Old Warden. The Gloster Brockworth-built machine saw active service during the Battle of Britain with 605 Squadron, initially from RAF Drem, but from 6 September 1940 from RAF Croydon.
LZ766 was built in 1944 at Trafford Park, Manchester, by F. Hills & Sons and test flown at Barton. In 1949 the Proctor became G-ALCK. After some years with the Air Training Corps at Tamworth, the machine became part of the Skyfame Collection.