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  • Fokker FVIIB Southern Cross Replica

    Fokker FVIIB Southern Cross Replica
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    Fokker FVIIB Southern Cross Replica Southern Cross is a flying replica of the famous record breaking Southern Cross Fokker FV11B of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith from the 1920s and 1930s. Built in South Australia in the period 1980 to 1987 as a tribute to Smithy, the aircraft toured Australia during the 1988 Bicentenary raising money… Read more

  • Morane-Saulnier M.S.406

    Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
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    Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 was France’s most numerous pre-war/early-war single-seat fighter and the evolution of the earlier M.S.405 prototype. Designed to meet a 1934 French “C1” requirement for a modern single-seat interceptor, the M.S.405 (first flown 8 August 1935) was developed into the production M.S.406 with a stronger airframe and the Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine;… Read more

  • Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 In French Service

    Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 In French Service
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    Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 In French Service The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 represents a crucial, yet technically limited, chapter in French military aviation history. Developed in response to the 1934 requirement for a new, monoplane fighter, the design emerged from the prototype M.S.405, which first flew in August 1935. It was a clean, low-wing monoplane featuring then-innovative elements like… Read more