Sunday, December 22, 2024

Cute. I wonder if any are still airworthy?

 


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  1. This developed into the Strikemaster, a light ground attack aircraft, which looks the same at a glance but with war paint. I live near Wellington New Zealand and a guy who, I think, lives about an hour away by road has one. It flies over frequently in the weekend and is always low but fairly fast - maybe 250 -300 knots. They are cheapish to buy and operate being fairly reliable but pretty thirsty as early jets were. There are a few in private hands. The Royal NZ Air Force operated them but they became time expired due, I recall, to the main spars requiring replacement. They're called Blunts or similar because of their nose shape.

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